# Shared-Vocabulary Ban Conformance: Chapter 02

Cards loaded: June, Theo, Odile. Global blacklist checked from reading guide/tic tracker: breath/flutters/air changed/smirk/chuckle/postcard skyline/rain peak/first snow/overuse of `Winter Kitchen`; Ch01 device echoes checked.

- ECHO-OK — "couple/pair/partners" — deliberate institutional vocabulary, evidence: chapter card names "partner/pair/couple drift"; lines 39, 65, and 121 use it as the chapter's rule mechanism.
- ECHO-OK — "true/true thing" — deliberate pact language, evidence: line 33 "the gallery, which is true" and line 37 "first true thing" distinguish usable truth from withheld truth.

Nearest misses:
- NEVER-SAYS: Theo's card bans polished aphorisms about care. Candidate line 25 "That was the useful version..." passes because it is self-indicting and practical, not a care maxim.
- LEAKAGE: June's dry exactness appears in "Nontransferable. Walk me through it" (line 75); Theo does not borrow that rhythm except when answering with facts.
- BLACKLIST: `Winter Kitchen`, snow, breath, flutter, smirk, chuckle, Ch01 device terms do not appear.
- CROSS-FAVORITE: "list" appears across speakers, but it is the scene object, not shared purple vocabulary.

Chapter verdict: VOCAB-CONFORMS.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
