# Chapter 22 Ending Quality Audit - Current Text

LANDS - scene 1 - final lines quoted: "The reply came in under a minute: *I'll be there.* Nothing after it. June put the phone face down, went to the closet, and put on the good sweater, telling herself it was the warm one." (line 23) - what closes the beat: the bounded meeting is accepted and June dresses for it while denying the motive - pressure it cuts on: self-protection versus desire. Strongest weak candidate considered: "telling herself it was the warm one" could over-explain, but it is cashed literally at line 177 ("not the warm one") and works as an action alibi.

LANDS - scene 2 - final lines quoted: "`It won't, though,` she said, aggrieved. `That's the other annoying thing about you.`" (line 153) - what closes the beat: June gives permission for Tuesday and a bounded compliment that resumes collaboration - pressure it cuts on: tenderness without acquittal. Strongest weak candidate considered: this risks a banter capper, but Dialogue Doctor and Comedy Doctor both cleared it because it is craft-specific and follows the material terms at lines 145-149.

LANDS - chapter-final - final lines quoted: "Then she took the marker and made a new index card: `TUES = 4:00 / jar stays / I turn it or it doesn't turn`. She pinned it above `FEB = coat`, with the dish waiting by the door." (lines 177-179) - what closes the beat: June converts the kiss/confession into practical terms and leaves the dish ready for Tuesday - pressure it cuts on: desire governed by self-owned terms. Strongest weak candidate considered: "with the dish waiting by the door" is quiet, but it is object consequence, not a stillness stamp or mood summary.

Chapter verdict: ENDINGS-CLEAN.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
