# Immediate Continuity Check - Chapter 10

NAMES: CLEAN - checked Odile Marchetti, Theo Brennan, June, Mara/Luis, Priya/Ben, Ruth/Sam. Closest near-miss: "Brennan" is Odile's existing form of address and does not expose the protected relation.

TIMELINE: CLEAN - chapter occurs Tuesday, November 10, Week 4 per `timeline.md`: "partner's hands doing something they love." Chapter evidence: the assignment card and class structure. Closest near-miss: Ch09 says Tuesday is five days off; this chapter is the next Tuesday.

KNOWLEDGE: CLEAN - Theo does not know about Nia/Asha/Dana/Kessler; June does not learn the hidden study's content or Theo's protected relation. Closest near-miss: "June's portrait of him from Week Three was still in the stack" uses only public class evidence.

OBJECTS: CLEAN - checked Ch07 portrait, Ch08 hidden study, Mara scarf, rolled drawings, Ch10 canvases. Closest near-miss: June's tote appears, but the foamcore scrap is not exposed to Theo.

INJURIES: CLEAN - checked no injuries established or contradicted. Closest near-miss: "his back ached from not moving" is temporary posture, not an injury clock.

## Contradictions Found

None.

## New Facts Introduced

- facts introduced: Week 4 assignment card says, "Your partner's hands doing something they love. Not what they are good for. What they love."
- facts introduced: Theo keeps spare wing nuts and shims for Marchetti Rooms class setup.
- facts introduced: Luis can peel an orange in one continuous coil; Ruth knits in class; Ben uses the crossword pen as his loved-hand action.
- character state changes: Theo publicly fails to name a loved hand action and offers maintenance instead.
- character state changes: June paints Theo's hands at the third easel with his unused station visible.
- object locations: June's Ch10 canvas of Theo's hands is placed face-out on the class rack.
- object locations: Theo's Ch10 panel of June's painting grip remains at Marchetti Rooms with the class work.
- injuries: none.
- deaths: none.
- promises made: none explicit.
- unresolved mysteries: Theo's self-owned art-making answer remains unresolved; June's Ch09 options remain unknown to Theo.
- planted seeds: Ch10 useful-hands/blank-station image deepens the eventual Week 6 fear-object logic.
- payoff targets: Ch16 can echo this image through June's fear canvas of Theo's useful hands and blank easel.

## New Promises Or Compacts

No explicit compact. Implied obligation: Theo now knows June has seen his usefulness pattern and cannot pretend the Week 4 assignment was only logistics.

## Continuity Log Additions

### Chapter 10 - Hands

- facts introduced:
  - Chapter 10 occurs Tuesday, November 10, Week 4, at Marchetti Rooms.
  - Odile's assignment card: "Your partner's hands doing something they love. Not what they are good for. What they love."
  - Theo has begun carrying spare wing nuts and shims for class-room repairs.
  - Partner actions include June painting, Luis peeling an orange in one coil, Ruth knitting, and Ben using the crossword pen.
- character state changes:
  - Theo cannot name what he loves doing with his hands; his honest answer is that the week is "all maintenance."
  - Theo paints June's hands painting and spends an hour looking at one thing without counting jars.
  - June paints Theo's hands repairing the third easel, with his own unused station visible.
  - Theo tries after class to make a hand subject of his own and fails, then returns to competent maintenance.
- object locations:
  - June's Ch10 painting of Theo's useful hands / unused station is face-out on the Marchetti Rooms class rack.
  - Theo's Ch10 panel of June's painting grip remains with the class work at Marchetti Rooms.
  - Theo's hidden Week 3 study of June remains faced to the wall behind backing boards and is not touched.
- injuries: none.
- deaths: none.
- promises made: none explicit.
- unresolved mysteries:
  - Theo's own art-making answer remains unresolved.
  - June's Ch09 Philadelphia/New York options remain unknown to Theo, Odile, and the cohort.
- planted seeds:
  - The useful-hands / blank-station image strengthens the material basis for the Week 6 fear image.
- payoff targets:
  - Ch16 should use this chapter as foundation for June seeing Theo's fear as usefulness replacing chosen work.

Verdict: CLEAN.
