# Adversarial Register Audit - Chapter 12

## Risks Tested

- Too literary for the plain-speech floor.
- Too cute for a serious memory exchange.
- Too explanatory around the chapter's emotional meaning.

## Criterion Verdicts

- Plain-speech floor holds: PASS. June and Theo both say direct, functional lines: "What white, exactly?", "Paint the wall. The wall's the thing.", "I want you to have that one."
- Romantic pressure does not turn abstract: PASS. Desire is rendered through custody of cards, the rubber-banded roll, and tomorrow's painting logistics.
- Process density is earned: PASS. The paint-back details are the memory, not exposition around it.
- Aphorism risk: WATCH. `GREEN FIRST. THE WHITE HAS TO COVER SOMETHING.` is a strong line and may read as thesis. It is currently bound to paint order and future fear-canvas mechanics; send to Plain Translation.

## Verdict

PASS WITH WATCH. No immediate repair before Claude audits.
