# Chapter 04 Conversation-Variety Audit

chapter: 04 | conversations audited: 4 | pairs with prior history: 3 | flagged: 0

SPEAKERS: June + Theo - ch 04 instance #4 of 4 - prior instances: ch 01, ch 02, ch 03

STAKE-SHIFT: VARIED - this: their dialogue is public cover-story co-construction, `"There was a label," Theo began, at the same time June said, "He had a label wrong," and they both stopped`; prior ch 02: terms negotiation, `"Eight Tuesdays, then done. I'm not learning anybody's anniversary."` Relationship stake changes from private terms to shared public memory.

FORMAT: VARIED - this is embedded in an eight-person diner interrogation, interrupted by Mara/Luis/Ben; prior ch 03 close is a short private cleanup exchange, `"I saw that." / He put one back.`

LENGTH: VARIED - this instance runs as the chapter's long center from the how-met question to the fries; prior ch 03 June/Theo exchange is under a page and mostly object negotiation.

TEMPORAL: VARIED - this occurs after first class, after nine, in public at Sonia's; prior ch 01 is opening-night stockroom crisis and ch 02 is packet pickup.

REGISTER: VARIED - this uses corrected public recollection and semi-true gallery facts (`"The fall hang"`, `"Thursdays"`, `"Line eight"`); prior ch 02 uses bounded contract language (`"Attendance and work"`).

EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: `"June had invented nothing. She had lied the way a good hang lies"`; skim-risk passage considered: the wall-height volley `"Which wall?" / "Back room. North." / "Eye height?"` could become spec-trading, but it earns its place by producing the napkin map Ruth later pockets.

Conversation verdict: VARIED+EARNS.

SPEAKERS: June + Mara - ch 04 instance #2 of 2 - prior instances: ch 03

STAKE-SHIFT: VARIED - this: Mara pressures the origin story and later extends the scarf obligation, `"Keep it through Tuesday... I want the studio version back"`; prior ch 03: first warmth and collateral, `"Take it. I brought two... Give it back next Tuesday."`

FORMAT: VARIED - this is a tablewide social probe plus aisle follow-up; prior was coat-rail introduction/care move.

LENGTH: VARIED - this instance has several turns across two beats; prior ch 03 is a brief scarf handoff.

TEMPORAL: VARIED - this is after class at Sonia's and then leaving the diner; prior ch 03 was before the first diner outing.

REGISTER: VARIED - this is agenda-forward warmth (`"I have fries coming. Expand."`); prior was practical lending.

EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: `"That's a real first version"` makes the public lie memorable to the cohort; skim-risk passage considered: `"Then give me the version with bad fluorescent light"` could be only cute, but it reinforces the scarf as a care object and return clock.

Conversation verdict: VARIED+EARNS.

SPEAKERS: June + Priya - ch 04 instance #2 of 2 - prior instances: ch 03

STAKE-SHIFT: VARIED - this: Priya escalates from checking whether June has eaten to steering an order, `"Grilled cheese. It comes with soup and it's two meals"`; prior ch 03: initial body-condition check, `"Did you eat? You'll be standing a while."`

FORMAT: VARIED - this is diner-order intervention inside a group scene; prior was arrival-care at the studio.

LENGTH: REPEATED - both are brief food/body care exchanges. Same-length survives because Priya's owned care move is deliberately narrow and the chapter needs one efficient non-Theo care intervention before June's separate-check boundary.

TEMPORAL: VARIED - this is after nine at dinner; prior is before a standing class.

REGISTER: REPEATED - both are practical and direct. The repetition is defended because Priya's profile owns food/body logistics, and the new stake is June's money/owing boundary rather than another standing warning.

EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: `"Separate check for mine"` immediately turns Priya's care into June's not-owing-him boundary and Ruth's first financial watch. Skim-risk passage considered: `"Did you eat?"` repeats the exact prior question, but losing it would weaken the separate-check/Ruth chain.

Conversation verdict: VARIED+EARNS.

SPEAKERS: Theo + Ruth - ch 04 instance #1 of 1 - prior instances: none

STAKE-SHIFT: first instance, Half 1 skipped.

FORMAT: first instance, Half 1 skipped.

LENGTH: first instance, Half 1 skipped.

TEMPORAL: first instance, Half 1 skipped.

REGISTER: first instance, Half 1 skipped.

EARNS-ITS-PLACE: EARNS - payoff quoted: `"The slot... Is it comped?"` and `"I didn't ask what she owed"` open Ruth's wrong-but-close suspicion in two lines. Strongest skim-risk passage considered: Theo's ledger answer could over-explain, but the over-answer is the point; it proves his guilt and gives Ruth more file material.

Conversation verdict: VARIED+EARNS.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
