# Consequence Test - Chapter 08

STATE-CHANGED(object / ethical pressure / future payoff) - scene 01, studio after Week 3 - Goal: Theo wants to destroy or dispose of the hidden Week 3 study. Conflict: the panel has one accurate passage he cannot explain, and Odile's logistics interruption prevents clean disposal. Evidence: "Trash kept secrets better than anything labeled" (line 5), "Four square inches were accurate" (line 11), and "Nothing stays up here that isn't on the rack" (line 19). EXIT: ON-TURN - the study leaves the studio in a red folder instead of going into the bin.

STATE-CHANGED(social obligation / fake-couple cost) - scene 02, Sonia's - Goal: Theo wants a normal outing while carrying the still-undecided panel. Conflict: the cohort's ordinary inclusion makes the hidden object part of a larger social fraud. Evidence: "There was a saved seat" (line 39), "I remembered" / "You're the only one in this city who has" (lines 45-47), and "Every ordinary kindness at this table added itself to the hidden panel" (line 77). EXIT: ON-TURN - June asks about the off-rack panel, Theo gives partial truth, and the panel becomes a shared question without becoming a reveal.

STATE-CHANGED(artifact custody / Theo art-life thread) - scene 03, stockroom close - Goal: destroy, file, or hide the study after the outing. Conflict: binning it now reads as a second concealment, while filing it is too searchable. Evidence: "The trash was eight steps away" (line 111); "The slot stayed blank" (line 113); "painted side to the wall" (line 113). EXIT: ON-TURN - the hidden study survives as an unlabeled, faced-to-wall object.

Chapter verdict: ALL-SCENES-CHANGE.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
