# Meanwhile Audit — Chapter 21 Cadence

Range audited: Chapters 16-21. Prior ledger ends at Ch13-Ch15.

`Marchetti Rooms: MOVED — ledger: Ch13-Ch15 had showcase machinery and catalog loan moving outward; on-page surfacing: Ch21 returns that machinery as archive accounting, "the loan sheet... *8 rtn'd 12/4, via R. Kim / S. Rivera*" and Odile's `O.M.` initials. Strongest static-candidate considered: humidity logs/stockroom work, but the catalog and portrait object states materially changed.`

`June's apartment / freelance-work network: MOVED — ledger: Ch13-Ch15 had Tasker/Kessler/Dana pressure; on-page surfacing in range: Ch20 declines Tasker, recommends Asha, accepts Dana/Kessler, and sends landlord notice. Ch21 does not repeat those facts, correctly preserving Theo's ignorance.`

`Sonia's / cohort social network: MOVED — ledger: prior Sonia thread was booth/table pressure; on-page surfacing: Ch18 blue dish and Ch20 Ruth/Sam dish text/catalog pickup; Ch21 schedules "Sonia's" for Sunday.`

`Priya/Ben lease thread: MOVED — ledger: prior hook said application deadline passed; on-page surfacing: Ch19 keeps outcome invisible through Ben's folded rotation paper and Priya's dal. No Ch21 line surfaces it, but the protected Ch23 payoff prevents accidental resolution.`

`Ruth/Sam category/privacy thread: MOVED — ledger: prior hook from Ch11/Ch20; on-page surfacing: Ch20 care-without-advice and Ch21 catalog return through Ruth/Sam, "Ruth carried the box. Sam carried Ruth's bag."`

Range verdict: `WORLD-IN-MOTION`.

## Refreshed Ledger Block

## Ch16-Ch21

- [protagonist-adjacent] The fear assignment creates two public objects that keep working after the rupture: June's painting of Theo's useful hands and blank ground remains above the flat files until Ch21, where Theo finally takes it down and refuses the hardware-fix dodge.
- [hook] Theo's hidden Week 3 study is no longer only hidden; by Ch21 it is finished, labeled, and faced to the wall, making consent over visibility a live Ch22/Ch24 object problem.
- [protagonist-adjacent] The catalog route completes without Theo: one catalog returned after Ch17, eight more leave June's apartment with Ruth/Sam in Ch20 and arrive at Marchetti Rooms before Theo opens Friday. Odile's `O.M.` initials convert the loan sheet into a partial confession.
- [indifferent] Asha's professional path is now active offscreen. June has sent the Tasker instructions; Asha may email Nia before one while June proceeds with Dana/Kessler. This should surface as follow-through, not advice, before final assembly if space allows.
- [hook] Priya/Ben's Suffolk application outcome remains deliberately unknown after the Monday deadline and through Week 7; Ch23 must pay it as slower-choice action before the showcase.
- [protagonist-adjacent] The cohort's care is moving by objects rather than explanations: Mara's blue dish, Priya's dal, Ruth/Sam's catalog box, Sam's room-making, and Luis's leftovers. Ch24 should let this care register without a group absolution speech.

Revision orders: none for Chapter 21 prose. Copy the refreshed ledger block into `output/meanwhile_ledger.md` before drafting Chapter 22.
