# Chapter 04 Immediate Continuity Check

NAMES: CLEAN — checked Sonia's, Dee, Sam/Ruth, Mara/Luis, Priya/Ben, Park/Brennan, Marchetti Rooms. Near-miss: `"Odile's class sheet"` matches Ch03 tray labels and Odile's public "Park, Brennan" call.

TIMELINE: CLEAN — chapter occurs immediately after Tuesday One class, after nine, before the 11:42 train. Near-miss: `"next Tuesday"` correctly points to Tuesday Two, not a skipped week.

KNOWLEDGE: CLEAN — Theo knows June's Thursday pattern and label correction from Ch01/Ch02; June knows the label story because she lived it; cohort knows only class/line/surface story; Ruth does not know the true relation. Near-miss: `"There was a third with one more person in it"` remains in Theo's interiority.

OBJECTS: CLEAN — June has Ch03 rolled drawing and Mara's scarf; receipt list goes into Theo's pocket with charcoal stub; Ruth pockets napkin map; no object appears in two places. Near-miss: `"June started unwinding the scarf"` is stopped before return, preserving Ch03's Tuesday return term.

INJURIES: CLEAN — no injuries or health clocks introduced. Near-miss: Ruth's back/chair line is ordinary seating care, not an injury state.

## Contradictions Found

None.

## New Facts Introduced

- facts introduced: Sonia's has Dee on weeknights, a corner booth that seats six, spare chairs by the register, rubber bands in a drawer with birthday candles, and communal fries/pie as class commons texture.
- character state changes: Theo learns June can improvise a truthful lie without glancing for cues; Ruth privately suspects professional imbalance rather than romance.
- object locations: June keeps Ch03 drawing and Mara scarf; Ruth has the napkin map of Marchetti Rooms back room; Theo has the receipt list in the charcoal-stub pocket.
- injuries: none.
- deaths: none.
- promises made: June will keep Mara's scarf until Tuesday; Theo effectively commits to keeping the cover story consistent.
- unresolved mysteries: Ruth's second question; Theo's unrevealed Odile explanation.
- planted seeds: receipt list, napkin map, Sonia's as recurring commons, Ruth's comped-slot suspicion.
- payoff targets: Ruth-watch beats Ch06/Ch11/Ch20; scarf return Ch05/06; relation reveal late book.

## New Promises Or Compacts

- Mara enforces "Tuesday" as the scarf return term.
- Theo writes the public-origin details as a consistency compact with himself.

## Continuity Log Additions

- Ch04: first Sonia's diner commons occurs immediately after Tuesday One. Cohort seating puts June/Theo side by side without Odile present.
- Ch04: public origin story now has four details: Thursdays, 43 labels with one flipped, Theo's pencil, line eight.
- Ch04: Ruth privately suspects a gallery/class-arrangement imbalance and pockets Theo's napkin map.
- Ch04: June still has Mara's scarf and the rolled Ch03 drawing; Theo has a receipt list in the pocket with the charcoal stub.

Verdict: CLEAN.
