# Chapter 23 Ending Quality Audit - Current Text

LANDS — scene 1 — final lines quoted: `"she ... set it down where she meant to sit and watch"` (L23) — what closes the beat: Odile physically accepts Theo's boundary and witnesses the work — pressure it cuts on: institutional role reversal. Strongest weak candidate: "where she meant" could explain intent; it survives because the chair placement is the action.

LANDS — scene 2 — final lines quoted: `"Okay," June said, and pulled the good hinge chair around, and they started"` (L41) — what closes the beat: hidden panels turn into joint work — pressure: exposure becoming action.

LANDS — scene 3 — final lines quoted: `"neither of them reached across to fix the other one"` (L73) — what closes the beat: mutual non-fixing at the seam — pressure: collaboration without erasure.

LANDS — scene 4 — final lines quoted: `"I wanted to say that out loud in a room instead of just deciding it in my kitchen"` (L89) — what closes the beat: June turns a private decision public enough for Theo to witness — pressure: chosen stay, not rescue.

LANDS — scene 5 — final lines quoted: `"She hung the clipboard back one degree straighter than he'd left it and carried the drawings up to her office"` (L115) — what closes the beat: Odile obeys the form while retaining signature correction — pressure: family/institution recalibrated.

LANDS — scene 6 — final lines quoted: `"He set the two cards side by side on the tray and let them be two cards"` (L151) — what closes the beat: Theo does not over-explain the label — pressure: restraint.

LANDS — chapter-final — final lines quoted: `"The boots reached the landing. Theo went to prop the second door"` (L177) — what closes the beat: the public showcase arrives and Theo moves to open the room — pressure: private work becoming public.

Chapter verdict: `ENDINGS-CLEAN`. No stillness, cliché, or summary ending found.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
