# Cover-the-Names Voice Test - Chapter 12

## Blind Lines

- "There's also water." -> Theo. Practical offer, mildly self-defensive.
- "Theo. It's two index cards. You set a table for two index cards." -> June. Dry, exact, deflating a setup without cruelty.
- "Don't find out before tomorrow. I don't want to know either." -> June. Protects the memory as paintable object.
- "What white, exactly?" -> Theo. Moves to useful detail instead of emotional repair.
- "And don't make me noble about it." -> June. Direct anti-romantic instruction in craft/work terms.

## Criterion Verdicts

- Theo voice separable from June: PASS. Theo is logistics, cards, and repair-impulse; June is visual precision and anti-noble deflection.
- Plain speech floor: PASS. Both have direct lines that do scene work.
- Dialogue diagnosis avoided: PASS. No one rates another's delivery or phrasing.

## Verdict

PASS.
