# Zoom-Out Audit 04

Coverage: Chapters 01-04 against premise/outline.

- Spine status: on track. Ch01 opens with Winter Kitchen and false couple setup; Ch02 locks Theo/Odile/list mechanics; Ch03 begins Tuesday class; Ch04 begins Sonia's commons and Ruth-watch beat 1.
- Promise pressure: romance remains slow-burn and sweet; no grand gesture or exposure. Ch04 adds reader pleasure through group warmth and social danger rather than plot contrivance.
- Drift check: no Philadelphia, first snow, or Odile-relation reveal has leaked early. Ruth suspicion is professional-impropriety/imbalance as designed, not fake-romance suspicion.
- Structural risk: the opening four chapters have been room-and-table heavy. Ch05 must shift into drawing/looking and avoid another logistics-first opening.
- Highest leverage next action: draft Ch05 with stronger sensory/visual art process and June interiority; keep Sonia's aftermath present only as pressure, not as repeated recap.

Verdict: ON-ARCHITECTURE.

REVISION ORDERS: none for Ch04; Ch05 card should foreground blind-contour embodied looking.
