# Wisdom-Dispensing Mentor-Scene Audit: Chapter 02

SCENE post-opening desk — elder: Odile, junior: Theo
- marker 1 perfectly calibrated anecdote: ABSENT — no anecdote; Odile gives logistics: "Eight packets... Use the good charcoal."
- marker 2 aphorism delivery: ABSENT — cleanest advice-candidate is "The list is full... That was the purpose of a list," which is an institutional shut-down, not a maxim.
- marker 3 graceful reception: ABSENT — Theo objects and does not receive a lesson; line 21 "There are names on the wait sheet..."
- marker 4 everyone-leaves-improved closure: ABSENT — the scene leaves Theo burdened with the problem.
- marker 5 missing mess: ABSENT — mess present: Odile may be wrong, manipulative, and not explanatory.
- MESS LEDGER: "You will want to improve my wording. Don't"; "Why would she withdraw" remove choices rather than teach.
- Scene verdict: HUMAN.

SCENE packet pickup — elder: Odile, juniors: Theo/June
- marker 1 perfectly calibrated anecdote: ABSENT — no anecdote.
- marker 2 aphorism delivery: ABSENT — "People who skip dinner paint thin" is a practical Odile-ism, not a polished life lesson.
- marker 3 graceful reception: ABSENT — June questions the fruit and later asks whether Odile knows.
- marker 4 everyone-leaves-improved closure: ABSENT — the scene leaves suspicion and paperwork.
- marker 5 missing mess: ABSENT — mess present: Odile edits a word and leaves others to carry the confusion.
- MESS LEDGER: useful thing buried in logistics; realization deferred to final coda.
- Scene verdict: HUMAN.

Chapter verdict: MENTORS-HUMAN.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
