# Ending Quality Audit - Chapter 07

LANDS - scene 01 / assignment-card close - final lines quoted: "LEAVE IN WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW." (line 4) - what closes the beat: the rule sets the chapter's pressure, not mood. Pressure it cuts on: ignorance as visible mark. Strongest weak candidate considered: the all-caps card could feel ornamental; it survives because every later blank and gray wash pays it.

LANDS - scene 02 / chapter-final - final lines quoted: "She wrote THEO BRENNAN... anyone who wanted to could walk up and check her memory against the man. / She did not scratch it out. She went and ate the clementine." (lines 118-120) - what closes the beat: June publicly racks the portrait under Theo's correct name and accepts Priya's care. Pressure it cuts on: exposed evidence plus small acceptance. Strongest weak candidate considered: "She did not scratch it out" could be stillness/negation, but it is an active refusal to undo a public label followed by a physical action, not summary.

Chapter verdict: ENDINGS-CLEAN.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
