# Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit - Chapter 16

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- `PROTECTED-HELD - thread: fake relationship public lie - strongest resolution-candidate: the flyer photo and forty copies (`"December show..."`, `"Priya printed forty"`) - why it is not resolution: public couple pressure deepens; no one learns the lie.`
- `PROTECTED-HELD - thread: Theo's nephew identity - strongest resolution-candidate: the unsaid sentence `*Odile's my aunt*` - why it is not resolution: it stays interior and is immediately replaced by chair/layout talk.`
- `PROTECTED-HELD - thread: Odile knew all along - strongest resolution-candidate: `"as if the evening were about jars"` and `"Pairs hang together or they lie"` - why it is not resolution: reread-consistent conducting, no direct confirmation.`
- `PROTECTED-HELD - thread: June's New York decision / offer - strongest resolution-candidate: Theo paints lease/boxes/keys - why it is not resolution: Theo knows only the lease; offer substance remains firewalled.`
- `PROTECTED-HELD - thread: S-CATALOG-01 - strongest resolution-candidate: `"one of them still had a paper slip tucked inside"` - why it is not resolution: discovery is armed for Ch17 but the acknowledgment page remains unread.`
- `PROTECTED-HELD - thread: S-FEAR-01 - strongest resolution-candidate: both fear canvases are turned and seen - why it is not resolution: aftermath obligations remain Ch18/21/24.`

QUICK-TEST: 1 of 5 conflicts introduced in this chapter were resolved within their own scene - verdict: `JOGGING`. Same-scene resolution: the flyer attribution/proofreading embarrassment resolves into chair counting; larger conflicts (fear paintings, catalog danger, nephew truth, fake-couple public pressure) remain active.

Chapter verdict: `THREADS-SAFE`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
