# Chapter 11 Plain-Translation Repair Memo

Source audit: `output/critiques/claude/chapter_11.plain_translation.md`

## Accepted Orders

1. Ruth's `paper household` figure exceeded the voice-card cap because the waiting-room line is the stronger Ruth editorial line. Replaced it with the plainer refusal: `I wasn't going to fake them for HR.`
2. The opening `repair and disguise` sentence was too detachable. Bound the distinction to the toned regilding: `Whoever had toned the regilding had matched the worn gold instead of the bright: a repair, not a disguise.`
3. Ben's `That's the whole email` echoed Sam's `That's the whole story`. Changed Ben to `That's the email, honestly. The rest is formatting.`
4. Priya's `five hundred a month` conflicted with Ben's exact `six hundred forty a month`. Changed Priya's line to `six hundred forty a month` so her precision stays intact.

## Additional Motif Repair

While making the ordered edits, Codex removed two extra `thumb` beats from the opening and Sam's stool beat. Chapter 11's motif work belongs to frames, labels, forms, and carrying glass; after Week 4, hand foregrounding must return to low density unless a card explicitly sanctions it.

## Verification

After repair, `bash scripts/quality_gate.sh output/chapters/chapter_11.md` returned PASS, open=0, allowlisted=0, WATCH=51.
