# Form-Distribution Audit - Draft 0

id: form_distribution | owner: codex | tier: book
date: 2026-07-05

## Declared Targets

Reading guide declares:
- close third person
- past tense
- dual POV alternating by chapter, June and Theo
- one permitted two-June rupture flex near Turn 3
- June opens and closes

The reading guide does not declare a percentage mix of chat / documentary / interlude / transcript forms. Therefore this audit records the baseline and checks the POV/tense contract rather than inventing form percentages.

Classification rules:
- Close-third narrative includes prose scenes with embedded dialogue, texts, cards, and labels.
- Assignment cards and text messages are inserts inside close-third chapters, not separate documentary chapters.
- No standalone chat/transcript/documentary/interlude form exists.

## MEASURED

- close-third past narrative: 61,000 words (100%)
- standalone transcript/chat/documentary/interlude: 0 words (0%)

POV balance, by chapter card and actual chapter source:
- June: Ch 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24 = 33,787 words (55.4%)
- Theo: Ch 02, 04, 06, 08, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23 = 27,213 words (44.6%)

The consecutive-June flex is Ch17-Ch18, exactly where the reading guide permits a rupture flex. June opens and closes.

## TARGETS

- close-third past narrative: 100% implied by guide, tolerance not applicable.
- dual POV alternating: mostly alternating, one permitted rupture flex.
- June opens/closes: required.

## BASELINE

No separate Phase-1 numeric form baseline found. This report becomes the Draft 0 baseline.

## DELTA

- vs target: no form drift.
- POV balance: June heavier by 10.8 percentage points, but structurally justified by opening/closing and Ch17-Ch18 rupture flex.

## DRIVER CHAPTERS

- Ch24 is the largest June chapter at 4,508 words and drives the June-heavy split. It is also the required closing coda with showcase, portrait, Odile reveal, and first snow. Driver is structural, not drift.
- Ch23 is the largest Theo chapter at 3,721 words and balances Ch24 by giving Theo the pre-showcase setup/finish work.

## Spot Check

Checked Ch01, Ch13, Ch17, Ch18, Ch22, Ch23, Ch24. All remain close-third past with embedded dialogue/inserts only. No chapter converts into transcript, documentary, or omniscient summary.

## Verdict

NO-TARGETS-DECLARED for mixed-form percentages; POV/form contract holds.

No revision orders. Preserve Ch17-Ch18 as the single rupture flex unless a structural rewrite changes the late map.
