# Chapter 22 Cover-the-Names Voice Test - Current Text

JUNE IDENTIFIABLE - quoted lines: "Don't be useful right now" (line 85), "Don't make that useful either" (line 91), "I'm staying, Theo. It isn't for you" (line 97), and "Leave the jar. I might want clean water. The stain stays" (line 161). Diagnosis: dry boundary-setting, exact practical objects, full-form emphasis under pressure, and self-protective directness match June's card.

THEO IDENTIFIABLE - quoted lines: "I wrote six things. I'm not going to read them" (line 63), "I was deciding what you got to know... I keep wanting to make it sound cleaner" (line 67), "Freight elevator at eight. I wouldn't come up" (line 83), and "It doesn't move unless you move it" (line 129). Diagnosis: logistics reflex, overprepared apology restrained on purpose, and correction through concrete terms match Theo's card.

WEAKEST DISTINCT EXCHANGE - quoted lines: "`That happened because the terms are set,` she said. `Not instead of them.` / `I know the difference now,` Theo said. `I learned it this morning, but I know it.`" (lines 167-169). Why it survives: both lines are plain and thematically direct, but June speaks in terms/boundaries while Theo admits late learning; the asymmetry keeps the voices distinct.

Chapter verdict: VOICES-HOLD.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
