# Adversarial Register Audit - Chapter 08

CODEX-ON-CLAUDE:

- CLEAN - mechanical blockers repaired. Raw gate had 6 open hits; final gate PASS open=0, WATCH=64.
- CLEAN - em-dash/rhythm crutch reduced. Raw dash appositives at lines 7, 31, 97 were revised into commas, colons, or separate syntax.
- CLEAN - shimmer/theme gloss reduced. Raw "whole shape of the evening," "opened accounts under a false name," and "family of anonymous rectangles" were cut or grounded.
- CLEAN - book-specific bans. Final scan found no `load-bearing`, no protected reveal words, no `Winter Kitchen`, no first snow, no route card, no Nia/Asha/Philadelphia.

CLAUDE-ON-CODEX:

- NO-CODEX-PARALLEL-DRAFT. Codex produced no parallel prose draft. Codex line-level integration will receive opposing-model pressure through Dialogue Doctor, Comedy Doctor, Genericization, Narrator-Publicist, and Plain-Translation where applicable.
- FINAL OPPOSING PRESSURE COMPLETE. Dialogue Doctor round 2 returned CLEAN; Comedy Doctor round 2 returned CLEAR; Genericization round 2 returned HELD; Narrator-Publicist round 2 returned HELD; Plain-Translation round 2 returned REGISTER-HOLDS after the final drift repairs.

COMP-DRIFT:

- CLEAR - Beth O'Leary warmth appears through table care, but no ensemble over-effusion. Evidence: "I remembered" (line 45) is a diner action, not a group hug.
- CLEAR - Emily Henry banter density controlled. June's "witness protection" line (line 89) is specific to the hidden panel and does scene work.
- CLEAR - quiet-routine comp stays textured, not still. Evidence: red folder, SOLIDS card, pickle spear, glassine, and alarm are material action beats.

GENRE-CLICHE-CHECK:

- PREMISE-CODED. The romantic pressure is an ugly partial painting and a standing table, not beauty-unawareness, jealousy, weather, breath/flutters, or public proof. Evidence: "Parts of it didn't work. One part did" (line 95); "painted side to the wall" (line 113).

Chapter verdict: CLEAN.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
