Using the empirical fact that the dominant low-energy resonances are peripheral (i.e., they satisfy the relation $j_s+\frac{1}{2}=kR\approx \frac{1}{2}R\sqrt{s}$), the imaginary part, $A_0\mathrm{}(s,t)\mathrm{}$, of the low-energy amplitude is written in the factorized form $F\left(s\right)\mathrm{}{J}_0\left(R\sqrt{-t}\right)$. The resonance contribution to $F\left(s\right)\mathrm{}$ near the resonance position is $\approx (2\mathrm{}{j}_s+1)$, which is $\approx s^{\frac{1}{2}}$; and thus the well-known value for the vector-tensor trajectory intercept of $\approx \frac{1}{2}$ follows simply from peripherality. From finite-energy sum rules the residue of the trajectory is $\approx J_0\left(R\sqrt{-t}\right)$. The quantity $A_0\mathrm{}(s,t)\mathrm{}$, which in the $t$ channel corresponds to a fixed pole at $j_t=\frac{1}{2}$, through the multi-Regge iteration gives rise to a moving pole; and the imaginary part of the total $\pi \pi$ amplitude $A(s,t)\mathrm{}$ with $I_t=1\mathrm{}$ satisfies the dual absorption result, $s^{\alpha }{J}_0\left(R\sqrt{-t}\right)$. A crude estimate gives $\alpha \mathrm{}\left(0\right)\mathrm{}\approx \frac{1}{2}+\left(\frac{{\Gamma }_{\rho }}{m_{\rho }}\right) \mathrm{}(=0.6\mathrm{})\mathrm{}$ and ${\alpha }^{\prime }\mathrm{}\left(0\right)\mathrm{}\approx \frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{{\Gamma }_{\rho }}{m_{\rho }}\right)R^2(=1.0\mathrm{} {\mathrm{BeV}}^{-2\mathrm{}} \mathrm{for} R=1\mathrm{}\mathrm{F})$. Thus, for non-diffractive processes, the multi-Regge (or multiperipheral) model is consistent with the absorption picture and as a consequence an approximate bootstrap solution is obtained. The physical interpretation in terms of $j$-plane cuts is discussed.

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