# Conversation-Variety Audit - Chapter 10

chapter: 10 | conversations audited: 3 | pairs with prior history: 2 | flagged: 0

SPEAKERS: Theo + June - ch10 instance after multiple prior instances: ch02, ch04, ch05, ch07, ch08
- `STAKE-SHIFT: VARIED - this: "I don't know... it's all maintenance" vs prior ch08: June asks about the off-rack panel and Theo gives a partial truth. This time the lie is not the topic; self-erasure is.`
- `FORMAT: VARIED - this is embedded in a class exercise/posing exchange; ch08 was a diner/folder question.`
- `LENGTH: VARIED - compact assignment exchanges and post-class rack exchange, shorter than Ch04 cover-story diner scene.`
- `TEMPORAL: VARIED - Week 4 class pressure after Ch09's work chapter, not immediate post-opening or off-Tuesday social time.`
- `REGISTER: VARIED - practical and exposed ("That's a chore"; "It was what you gave me"), not cover-story improvisation.`
- `EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: "You don't have to do anything about it" and "I know... making room." Skim-risk passage considered: glassine/rack talk; it earns because the fix reflex is the point.`
- Conversation verdict: `VARIED+EARNS`.

SPEAKERS: Theo + Odile - prior instances: ch02, ch08
- `STAKE-SHIFT: VARIED - this: "The room is finished, Brennan. Sit in it" vs ch08: Odile redirects the hidden study with folder/envelope logistics. This time she blocks logistics rather than using it.`
- `FORMAT: VARIED - class instruction/critique, not backroom errand.`
- `LENGTH: REPEATED - short Odile/Theo exchanges as expected; stake justifies same length because Odile's power is compression.`
- `TEMPORAL: VARIED - during live assignment, not after class.`
- `REGISTER: VARIED - more imperative and exposed.`
- `EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: "Do not improve anything." A reader would lose the chapter's final irony without it.`
- Conversation verdict: `VARIED+EARNS`.

SPEAKERS: cohort group - recurring class/diner group form
- `STAKE-SHIFT: VARIED - this group sees Theo's usefulness wound via June's panel; prior group scenes saw cover-story competence and social adoption.`
- `FORMAT: VARIED - critique rail instead of diner table/gallery walk.`
- `LENGTH: VARIED - quick reaction cluster.`
- `TEMPORAL: VARIED - live class critique.`
- `REGISTER: VARIED - Luis concrete, Mara social, Odile cutting.`
- `EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: "Third easel. The screw" and "It's very him." Skim-risk passage considered: orange/crossword/knitting setup; it earns because it makes the cohort's hand actions specific.`
- Conversation verdict: `VARIED+EARNS`.

Revision orders: None.
