# Chapter 19 Narrator-Publicist Repair Memo

Source audit: `output/critiques/claude/chapter_19.narrator_publicist.md`

The audit found one publicist failure: Sam's snack-table move explained his inferred motive and generalized its benefit.

## Executed Repair

- Replaced:
  `Sam came in last, took the room in from the doorway, and before doing anything else moved the snack table three feet toward the radiator, so that nobody reaching for the kettle all night would have to stand in the sightline of Theo's empty half.`
- With:
  `Sam came in last, took the room in from the doorway, and moved the snack table three feet toward the radiator.`

The care move now remains a visible action rather than narrated tact.

## Verification

- Snapshot before repair: `output/revision_snapshots/chapter_19/chapter_19.0014.20260703T201939Z.before_narrator_publicist_round1_repairs.md`
- Snapshot after repair: `output/revision_snapshots/chapter_19/chapter_19.0016.20260703T201948Z.after_narrator_publicist_round1_repairs.md`
- Post-repair mechanical gate: PASS open=0 allowlisted=0 WATCH=49.
