# Complicate-Don't-Resolve Audit - Chapter 10

- `WORSE - scene 1 - problem: Theo wants the assignment to be manageable through usefulness - escalation quoted: "I don't know... it's all maintenance" and the painting of "his own station: the panel taped and white." The problem spreads from private incompetence to public recognition.`
- `DIFFERENT - scene 2 - problem: Theo wants to repair the discomfort - partial fix quoted: "I'll shift Week Three over" / "I know... making room"; new issue quoted: "You don't have to do anything about it." The fix becomes further evidence of the wound.`

Chapter verdict: `COMPLICATES`.

Closest clean-resolution candidate: June says "I didn't paint it to fix you," which could resolve the interpersonal harm, but Theo responds by making room and later tightening the easel. The problem persists.

REVISION ORDERS: None.
