# Ending Quality Audit - Chapter 09

LANDS - scene 1 / chapter-final - final lines quoted: "The sentence from lunch came back first: *I didn't say it was a favor.* Wrong, and still the only sentence she had. She typed nothing and backed out. / The corner of the foamcore stuck up out of the tote the whole way to the train, white edge catching the streetlight, and she did not push it down." - what closes the beat: June does not answer Nia and does not hide the foamcore. Pressure it cuts on: possibility as pressure; wanting made visible but still unanswered.

Strongest weak candidate considered: "Wrong, and still the only sentence she had" (line 135) could summarize interiority, but it directly blocks a reply in the open message field and pays off the earlier deleted sentence; it is consequence, not mood.

Chapter verdict: ENDING-LANDS.

REVISION ORDERS: None.
