# Character-Snapshot Conformance Audit: Chapter 03

June Park (returning): OPERATING - shows emotion by visual precision and self-aimed joke: line 9 pencil-as-job; line 99 ugly-decent drawing; stress response gets exact and almost exits at line 135. Weakest field: desire is mostly interior, but line 169 keeping the drawing makes it behavioral.

Theo Brennan (returning): OPERATING - usefulness under pressure at line 15 wing nut, line 75 room/supply checking, line 157 practical route. Weakest field: hidden guilt remains indirect because June POV; acceptable.

Odile Marchetti (returning): OPERATING - assigns, arranges, diagnoses: lines 53, 61, 95, 125. Weakest field: high quotability; Comedy round 2 caps future Odile class dialogue.

Mara Valdez (new): OPERATING - warmth and over-hosting: line 31 arrival/social speech, line 83 trying to fix a lonely line, line 137 scarf return. Weakest field: translation of Luis is light; line 41 covers it without overdoing.

Luis Valdez (new): OPERATING - sightline/placement care at lines 37-39 and exact drawing at line 87. Weakest field: dialogue sparse, as carded.

Priya Nair (new): OPERATING - food/standing/water care at lines 45-47 and condition-first drawing at line 85. Weakest field: her lease/rent arc not triggered yet.

Ben Adler (new): OPERATING - route/buffer speech at line 45, schedule-drawing critique at line 77, booth logistics at line 131. Weakest field: risk of logistics mirror with Theo; voice remains faster and more self-mocking.

Ruth Kim (new): OPERATING - exact minimal speech/action: line 43 charcoal edge test, line 85 editorial strike, line 145 `"Which one are you keeping?"` Weakest field: misread not active yet, but this is not a Ruth-watch chapter.

Sam Rivera (new): OPERATING - makes room physically at line 43 and takes booth negotiation at line 133. Weakest field: direct truth-telling not triggered yet.

TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: none. Characterization is through action/speech rather than generic guarded gestures.

Chapter verdict: SNAPSHOTS-HOLD.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
