# Editor-Not-Satisfied-Customer Scored Check - Chapter 09

goal clarity: 9/10
  evidence: "Hands only. Nothing above the wrists required" (line 15) states June's behavioral goal; the repaint deadline is set by "Crate pickup at two. Walk-through at four" (line 13).
  revision note: none needed.

conflict escalation: 8/10
  evidence: wall repair expands from patching to full-face repaint (lines 19-37), private making breaks the work-only mode (lines 41-55), then Nia/Asha create competing material futures (lines 63-105).
  revision note: none needed; the chapter's quiet escalation is cumulative rather than explosive.

revelation landing: 9/10
  evidence: "Now it had a corner in a Ridgewood studio and six weeks of armory wages. Philadelphia had a set of keys on Tasker Street. Neither one was nothing" (line 101).
  revision note: none needed.

character consistency: 9/10
  evidence: June misreads being seen as charity ("I didn't say it was a favor," line 69), Asha assumes "You catch up" (line 105), Nia argues from rooms/keys/paychecks (line 63).
  revision note: none needed.

pacing: 8/10
  evidence: work clock holds the chapter ("Truck's at two," line 37; "4:47," line 135). Strongest drag candidate was procedural wall detail, but each step changes time, cost, or June's perception.
  revision note: none needed.

chapter close: 9/10
  evidence: the close pairs unanswered thread with visible foamcore ("typed nothing and backed out," line 135; "did not push it down," line 137).
  revision note: none needed.

prose quality: 8/10
  evidence: strongest local prose is work-specific ("Knife at a low angle, fill, cross-stroke," line 17); weakest surviving phrase is "Neither one was nothing" (line 101), but Positive Prose Round 3 cleared it as the single-statement landing.
  revision note: none needed.

Chapter verdict: PASS. No score below 8; no foundation repair required before Chapter 10.
