# Chapter 23 Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit - Current Text

PROTECTED-HELD — thread: portrait/study visibility — strongest resolution-candidate: `"June would turn it tonight or she wouldn't"` (L165) — why it is not resolution: the object remains faced in and June's choice is deferred to Ch24/showcase.

PROTECTED-HELD — thread: Odile night-one / final accounting — strongest resolution-candidate: Odile signs Theo's clipboard `"in her own square hand"` (L115) — why it is not resolution: she submits to the new boundary but does not reveal night-one knowledge or explain the class design.

PAID/SHIFTED — thread: `After Class` completion — evidence: final label `"Two underpaintings of one room, finished together"` (L143), tape lift (L161), and placement for showcase (L163). This is an intended payoff, not premature closure.

PAID/SHIFTED — thread: June's New York material path — evidence: `"Keys January second"` and `"Kessler's money doesn't land till March"` (L81), plus Asha/Tasker payoff (L89). June's material stakes continue; they are not neutralized.

PAID — thread: Priya/Ben Suffolk housing decision — evidence: `"We passed. For now"` (L105) and Priya's April condition (L109). The apartment plot does not over-resolve the relationship; it leaves an April test.

QUICK-TEST: 3 of 7 conflicts introduced in this chapter resolve inside their own scene — verdict: `JOGGING`. Resolved same-scene conflicts: Odile/clipboard terms (L13-L23), label wording (L125-L149), tape removal (L155-L161). Unresolved or shifted: portrait visibility, June financial gap, Priya/Ben readiness, public showcase reception.

Chapter verdict: `THREADS-SAFE`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
