# Character-Snapshot Conformance Audit — Chapter 20

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Characters checked: June, Ruth, Sam, Asha, Nia.

- June conforms: compresses under exposure, uses notebooks/objects, admits self-knowledge through craft/work terms. Evidence: "The box is the errand," "I'd still be the person with keys," "She filled the blank in the notebook."
- Ruth conforms: exact, bounded, not advice-heavy. Evidence: "Two minutes," "I kept them to myself and called it manners," "We have a car."
- Sam conforms: physical-room care and practical escalation. Evidence: lifting with knees, moving the chair, "hand truck."
- Asha conforms: blunt, practical, no mystique. Evidence: "Talk fast," "Send my name because I'm qualified," "ok now the boring parts."
- Nia conforms: money/deadline candor, institutional responsibility, not villainy. Evidence: "I win the math," "That's a worse offer," "I have payroll at eleven."

Strongest conformance risk: June's "I itemize and I'm fast" borrows Nia/Asha's professional register. It is deliberate code-switching to Nia's terms and pays off via Nia recognizing Asha's invoices; it does not blur baseline voice.

Chapter verdict: `SNAPSHOTS-CONFORM`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
