# Character-Snapshot Conformance Audit - Chapter 01

CHARACTER June Park (new):
- CONFORMS - emotion field: "notices more precisely, jokes at her own expense" - on-page: `worked the circuit: window, pot, cups, towel, ground` (47) and `"It's that or the wine"` (23).
- CONFORMS - speech field: compact/dry/visual - on-page: `"The scorch mark on the towel"` (59).
- CONFORMS - stress body: folds/sorts/exits - on-page: `folded down the corner of her program` (7), `squared the stack` (5), exit counted as `eleven steps` (59).
- CONFORMS - wound: quit painting before rejection - on-page: `She had quit so far in advance of failing that nobody ever got to watch` (127).
- CONFORMS - contradiction: wants to be seen / not caught needing - on-page: `"Don't. I'm not here to be introduced"` (43).
- TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: none.
- verdict: OPERATING.

CHARACTER Theo Brennan (new):
- CONFORMS - emotion/care through logistics - on-page: reroutes wine (13), hands water (45), offers boring conflict (109).
- CONFORMS - speech practical - on-page: `"There's a stockroom. It has a door"` (97).
- CONFORMS - stress response: fixes/straightens - on-page: `straightened a crate label that was already straight` (105).
- CONFORMS - wound/contradiction not fully triggered yet; NO-TRIGGER plausible in June POV.
- TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: none.
- verdict: OPERATING.

CHARACTER Odile Marchetti (new):
- CONFORMS - shows care by assigning/feeding/insult pressure - on-page: canape (91), `"Come anyway"` (89).
- CONFORMS - few words, clean verbs - on-page: `"It was full"` (73), `"Repair that before you leave"` (81).
- CONFORMS - moves people/objects rather than explaining - on-page: tells Theo `"You have the key"` (77) rather than explaining the offer.
- CONFORMS - contradiction hidden: manipulative care without reveal - on-page: public offer creates pressure but intent remains unstated.
- TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: none.
- verdict: OPERATING.

Chapter verdict: SNAPSHOTS-HOLD.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
