# Ending Quality Audit — Chapter 20

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- `LANDS — scene 1 — final lines quoted: "June looked at the dish in the rack. She typed the address and: *door sticks, push don't pull.*" — what closes the beat: June admits Sam/Ruth into the apartment by sending the address and door instruction — pressure it cuts on: outside care entering a private decision. Strongest weak candidate considered: the text message could read functional, but it is the action that changes scene state.`
- `LANDS — scene 2 — final lines quoted: "She washed the blue dish again. She dried it and set it on the shelf where she'd see it Tuesday morning..." — what closes the beat: June makes the Tuesday return hard to dodge — pressure it cuts on: accepting cohort contact while still refusing advice. Strongest weak candidate considered: washing the already-clean dish could be stillness; it survives because the shelf placement is a commitment device.`
- `LANDS — scene 3 — final lines quoted: "June uncapped the pen and filled in the right page... FEB = ." — what closes the beat: June writes executable New York dates and leaves February visibly blank — pressure it cuts on: chosen risk. Strongest weak candidate: the list could be a shopping-list WATCH cluster; it survives because each item becomes a next action and the blank remains a plot risk.`
- `LANDS — scene 4 — final lines quoted: "The clean answer was gone. She turned the receipt square with the table edge, Marchetti header up." — what closes the beat: June has refused Tasker and physically reorients the receipt that carried the deadline — pressure it cuts on: no clean answer, only owned consequence. Strongest weak candidate: "The clean answer was gone" could explain; it survives because it follows the call's irreversible refusal and is paired with object action.`
- `LANDS — chapter-final — final lines quoted: "She wrote *ask gallery re: December crating* on the back of her hand, washed the coffee cup, and left the study where she could see it from the table." — what closes the beat: June leaves the painting visible and carries the next survival task on her body — pressure it cuts on: chosen risk plus practical next action. Strongest weak candidate: "left the study where she could see it" could be stillness; it survives because it is the culmination of hanging the study after committing to the colder room.`

Chapter verdict: `ENDINGS-CLEAN`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
