# Zoom-Out Audit - Chapters 13-16 Window

id: zoom_out_audit | owner: codex | target window: Chapters 13-16

`ACT-STRUCTURE: PASS` - window sits at midpoint into pre-rupture: Ch13 cover kiss/offer formalization, Ch14 catalog loan, Ch15 offer terms, Ch16 fear assignment. Anchor quote: Ch16 `*Odile's my aunt*` remains unsaid, setting Ch17.

`CHARACTER-ARCS: PASS` - June moves from public kiss plus hidden offer (`"Nia"` in Ch13) to Ch15 offer clarity and Ch16 being accurately seen; Theo moves from catalog care (Ch14) to knowingly delaying truth (Ch16).

`THEMES: PASS` - seeing/care-as-harm progresses through `"You made it mine"` and `"the plan making itself useful"`.

`SETUPS/PAYOFFS: PASS` - S-CATALOG armed Ch14 and preserved Ch16; S-FEAR pays Ch10/12 in Ch16; S-OFFER remains hidden for Ch18/22.

`REDUNDANCY: PASS` - job chart: Ch13 public emotional truth; Ch14 care object arms danger; Ch15 material offer test; Ch16 fear object evidence. No two chapters do the same job.

`MIDPOINT-SEEDING: PASS` - next structural beat is Ch17 rupture; quote `"one of them still had a paper slip tucked inside"` and `*Odile's my aunt*`.

`MOMENTUM: PASS` - no sag: each chapter adds irreversible public/object/offer/paint pressure.

## Drift Table

| outline beat | chapter reality | ruling |
|---|---|---|
| Ch13 cover kiss + offer | preserved | CONSCIOUS-IMPROVEMENT: flyer brush detail made the public image concrete |
| Ch14 catalog loan | preserved | ON-PLAN |
| Ch15 formal offer | preserved | ON-PLAN |
| Ch16 fear assignment | preserved with four visible objects | ON-PLAN |

Window verdict: `ON-COURSE`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
