# Seed/Payoff Audit - Chapter 10

Window chapters 06-10: 5 new or deepened seeds planted - verdict: PLANTING.

- `SEEDED - entry: S-RUTH-01 - planting quoted (ch06): Ruth asks Theo the clean-exit question; still alive: yes - payoff due: ch11/ch20/ch27.`
- `SEEDED - entry: S-PRIYA-BEN-01 - planting quoted (ch06): Suffolk/rent-math thread opens; still alive: yes - payoff due: ch26.`
- `SEEDED - entry: S-PORTRAIT-01 - planting quoted (ch07/ch08): Theo keeps the Week 3 study off-rack and hides it faced to wall; still alive: yes - payoff due: ch23/ch27.`
- `SEEDED - entry: S-OFFER-01 - planting quoted (ch09): Nia's Tasker Street printshop role; still alive: yes - payoff due: ch22.`
- `SEEDED - entry: S-NY-01 - planting quoted (ch09): Dana/Ridgewood and Kessler/armory leads; still alive: yes - payoff due: ch22/ch26.`
- `SEEDED - entry: S-FEAR-01 - planting refreshed (ch10): June paints Theo's hands repairing the third easel while his own station is blank; still alive: yes - payoff due: ch16.`

Approaching payoff checks:
- `UNSEEDED-PAYOFF-DUE: none. Ch12/13 memory exchange remains planned and has foundation from Ch05/Ch07 attention and Ch10 hand-study pressure.`
- `FIRED-WITHOUT-SETUP: none. Ch10 exposes Theo's usefulness wound using established logistics behavior from Ch02/Ch06/Ch08.`
- `NEON-PLANTING: none. The Ch10 useful-hands image is visible but not labeled as future fear-canvas setup.`

Overall verdict: `LEDGER-RECONCILED`.

Revision orders: None. Thread ledger should mark S-FEAR-01 as refreshed/deepened by Ch10 once trackers are updated.
