# Wisdom-Dispensing Mentor-Scene Audit - Chapter 07

SCENE studio critique - elder: Odile, juniors: June / Theo / Ben / class
- marker 1 perfectly calibrated anecdote: ABSENT - no anecdote; Odile uses assignment mechanics and panel critique.
- marker 2 aphorism delivery: ABSENT as failure - strongest candidate "The cheek is an apology. Scrape it" (line 94) is work-specific, not life advice; "You looked. Now you know less. Again" (line 50) is rule consequence.
- marker 3 graceful reception: ABSENT - Ben loses his panel and restarts (lines 46-50); June's cheek is publicly named and she scrapes it later (lines 94, 108), not gracefully enlightened.
- marker 4 everyone-leaves-improved closure: ABSENT - Theo hides his panel (line 112); June racks hers under his name but does not resolve the relationship (lines 118-120).
- marker 5 missing mess: ABSENT - mess ledger includes overworked cheek, blank eyes, Ben's reset, Theo's covered panel, June's unasked questions.
- MESS LEDGER: "The cheek is an apology. Scrape it" (line 94); "His panel... did not go on the rails" (line 112); "She could have asked" (line 114).
- Scene verdict: HUMAN.

Chapter verdict: MENTORS-HUMAN. Cleanest transmitted advice that survives: "Leave the blank" (line 98). Mess offset: the blank remains private evidence rather than immediately understood wisdom.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
