# Cover-the-Names Voice Test - Chapter 05

- DISTINCT - Mara + June exchange, lines 15-19 - evidence: Mara: `"Keep it through the cold snap. I brought the gray one"` pins her practical warmth and over-hosting; June: `"I washed it"` pins her compact embarrassment and object-bound honesty. Weakest swap candidate: `"That's how loans work"` could be a generic joke, but the scarf-specific social pressure is Mara's card, not June's.

- DISTINCT - Theo + June exchange, lines 31-55 - evidence: Theo: `"I did not pocket any new stubs... I want that on the record"` uses practical-guilt humor from last week's tin logistics; June: `"They're the only dependable edges you've got"` uses painterly edge vocabulary and dry compression. Weakest swap candidate: `"I can do either"` is plain and functional, but Theo's practical offer-before-emotion pattern pins it.

- DISTINCT - June + Odile + Theo exchange, lines 65-75 - evidence: Odile: `"You are performing stillness. It is not the same as sitting. Sit"` is clipped diagnostic teaching; Theo: `"Mine gave your nose two versions. I should tell you before you see it"` is self-deprecating task talk; June: `"Too late"` is compact deflection. Weakest swap candidate: `"The chin was bad"` is plain, but it follows June's failed joke/repair reflex.

- DISTINCT - June + Theo exchange, lines 93-101 - evidence: Theo: `"I sat crooked. That's on me"` turns emotional pressure into responsibility; June: `"Don't apologize for the good part"` gives precise unsentimental praise; Theo: `"The card wouldn't let me fix it"` remains task-framed. Weakest swap candidate: `"The card knows what it's doing"` has Odile-adjacent vocabulary, but June's decision to let the line stand makes it focalized and self-exposing.

Chapter verdict: VOICES-HOLD.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
