# Opening Hook Audit - Chapter 16

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- `CRITERION 1: PULLS` - first 50 words after the epigraph: `"Theo. You're famous," Mara said, and Theo lost his count at eleven. He had been moving chairs. There were supposed to be fourteen and he'd been at eleven, and now Mara was standing in the studio doorway...` Reasoning: the chapter opens in company, mid-task, with public flyer pressure interrupting Theo's control ritual.
- `CRITERION 2: CLEAN` - strongest atmosphere candidate: `"cold air still on her"` appears only after June enters at 6:54 and is attached to her arrival/body, not weather-pan throat clearing.
- `CRITERION 3: n/a` - not chapter 1 or part opening.

Chapter verdict: `HOOKED`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
