.. the rules clearly don't (or don't clearly) work that way now.
But enough rules appear to use that assumption that it is simply extending the principle shown by the best known interactions to all interactions.
Also, I don't actually care about a strict RAW so much as a coherent setting.
"We were once so close to heaven, Peter came out and gave us medals declaring us 'The nicest of the damned'.."
- They Might Be Giants, "Road Movie To Berlin"