# Dialogue Doctor - Chapter 06 - Round: Reader-Directive Sweep (2026-07-24)

Scope: full cold re-read after: plate-tone exchange extension (twice revised in-round to purge an epigram and then a tail-aphorism from my own replacement text), laminated-plan tail folded into its sentence. Updated style rules applied. Prior rounds preserved on disk.

SCENE S1 (basement co-op, June/Theo at the lithographs):
- 2: CLEAN - the extended exchange runs question, reasoned answer with mechanism, self-implicating joke, dry close; lengths vary.
- FAKE-SHARP adversarial pass on the new material: "somebody looked at it and decided to keep it, which is most of printmaking" is craft-mechanism folded mid-sentence, not a button; "That part I could take personally." is Theo self-aware, speakable; "I noticed it while I was saying it," keeps June's warmth sideways. The rejected drafts ("Most of what people call style...", "Keeping the right mistakes.") are logged here as cut for epigram shape. Retained text passes.
- 3: CLEAN - "he liked it more than he had planned to."
- Remaining modes CLEAN.

SCENE S2 (Ben's Suffolk listing + Priya): all modes CLEAN - Ben's spirals ("The rule is real.") and Priya's interceptions ("I just don't trust a cheap room when I'm tired.") stay distinct.

SCENE S3 (Vestibule): all modes CLEAN - Sam's spot-giving, Priya's stool prescription, Luis's floor-slope ruling each carry their signature; Theo's aborted fix is action-plus-interiority.

SCENE S4 (Ruth walk): all modes CLEAN - the chapter's longest exchange builds by pressure and refuses resolution ("Don't solve it on this block."); Ruth's "I saw enough to be worried. Not enough to be right." is her card line.

SCENE S5-S6 (bodega, corner parting): all modes CLEAN - "Two," he said. "Ask her first." remains the pivot; parting exchange is connected ("Which way are you walking?" / "I was going to ask you that.").

Tail-strip verification: laminated-plan button now folded ("on the principle that..."); kept "Theo respected the name for admitting the problem." (one retained button, does naming work) and the route-card ender. Density within cap.

OVERALL: CLEAN
