# Cover-the-Names Voice Test — Chapter 20

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Covered-name read:
- Ruth: bounded, exact, self-implicating; examples "We're double-parked... Two minutes," "I kept them to myself and called it manners," "We have a car."
- Sam: physical-space helper; examples "How heavy?", lifting "properly this time, knees," "And a hand truck if you need it."
- Asha: load-in briskness, rates/dates, practical warnings; examples "Talk fast, I'm holding a door with my whole body," "Send my name because I'm qualified," "Wear the coat inside until February."
- Nia: managerial money/deadline candor; examples "Walk me through it," "That's a worse offer," "Have her email before one. I have payroll at eleven."
- June: notebook precision and self-implication; examples "The box is the errand. The dish is separate," "I'd still be the person with keys," "The no is mine."

Strongest convergence candidates:
- "Noted" appears in June and Nia. It survives as professional acknowledgment in two different scenes; logged as spent, no third near-term use.
- Asha and Nia both assess work competence. Asha uses trade observation ("put a level on it anyway"); Nia uses paperwork ("She itemizes").
- Ruth and Sam share the car/hand-truck rhythm. It survives because the paired practical offer is the scene's care mechanism and content differs.

Chapter verdict: `VOICES-DISTINGUISHABLE`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
