# Editor-Not-Satisfied-Customer Scored Check - Chapter 08

Scale: 1-10. Below 8 requires revision orders.

- Chapter-card enactment: 9 - Theo's keep/destroy decision is the spine, and the close preserves the study faced to the wall. Evidence: lines 7-13, 77, 113-117.
- Forward pressure: 8 - low-stakes scene, but pressure advances through object custody and standing-table social debt.
- Character desire/conflict: 9 - Theo wants disposal and warmth; both become incompatible. Evidence: "Trash kept secrets" (line 5) versus "There was a saved seat" (line 39).
- Reader clarity: 9 - object path is clear: studio side table -> red folder -> Sonia's bench -> stockroom wall.
- Emotional consequence: 8 - "owing everyone" lands because the table has shown practical adoption.
- Dialogue naturalness: 8 - Sonia's table has warmth without interrogation. Watch: Mara's "keeping Tuesdays" announcement is slightly theatrical, but it fits her hosting mode.
- Voice conformance: 9 - Theo, June, Odile, and cohort maintain voice-card distinctions.
- Prose specificity: 8 - best details are object-specific: SOLIDS card, red folder, pickle spear, glassine, backing boards. Watch: "costing interest" is conceptually neat; accepted because debt is the chapter function and it is backed by action.
- Originality inside genre: 8 - romance pressure through an ugly hidden study and diner logistics rather than confession.
- Standalone scene satisfaction: 8 - chapter resolves a local decision while making the lie worse.

Average: 8.4.

Chapter verdict: EDITOR-PASS.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
