# Chapter 21 Cover-the-Names Voice Test

`DISTINCT — Theo + Odile — evidence: Theo: "You could have pulled them yourself. You haven't asked me to pull anything off that shelf in years..." + card feature: under pressure he "lists facts" and makes a practical-to-emotional move; Odile: "I wrote that page. I paid the printer. It has been public for thirty years..." + card feature: few words, clean verbs, formal-casual authority.`

Name-stripped reattribution:
- "They came Thursday night... Ruth carried the box..." = Odile by economical logistical report and dry no-second-cup texture.
- "You signed for them." = Theo by practical accusation.
- "I opened the door. There was nothing to sign." = Odile by corrective literalism.
- "You sent me for those." = Theo by plain grievance after facts.
- "I sent you for nine catalogs." = Odile by exact narrowing.
- The long shelf/crate line = Theo by over-explaining shame through logistics.
- "No" / "It was partly your fault" / "There is soup upstairs. Barley." = Odile by clean refusal plus feeding.
- "I'm keeping the keys..." = Theo by listing the job before the boundary.

Weakest distinct line considered: `"Yes."` at line 57. It is voice-thin alone, but in exchange it is Theo's acceptance of becoming "less convenient," and Odile would not answer her own diagnosis that way.

Chapter verdict: `VOICES-HOLD`.

`REVISION ORDERS`: none.
