# Chapter 22 Editor-Scored Check - Current Text

scene purpose: 10/10 - The chapter performs its card: June replies, hears the apology, states self-owned stay, sets portrait terms, kisses Theo, and arms Tuesday. Evidence: lines 19, 67, 91, 127, 165, 177.

character pressure: 9/10 - June wants truth without surrendering terms; Theo wants repair without making a pitch. Evidence: "I wrote six things. I'm not going to read them" (line 63), "Don't be useful right now" (line 85), and "I'm not making more of it than that" (line 93). Weakest candidate: Theo's "If you were going..." line is composed, but the chapter grades it as the right amount rather than letting it become eloquence.

reader clarity: 9/10 - The Sunday/Tuesday sequence, offer chronology, portrait location, and `After Class` plan are explicit. Evidence: "Before your texts" (line 91), stockroom/faced-wall description (line 113), and "Tuesday. Four. Bring nothing" (line 171). No revision order.

dialogue naturalness: 9/10 - Dialogue Doctor round 4 returned CLEAN. Current strongest plainness candidates ("I'm staying, Theo. It isn't for you" line 91; "I was being scared and slow" line 71) are direct because the scene is built for plain confession.

specificity: 10/10 - The romance pressure is routed through dish, Tasker receipt, Dana wall measurements, coffee/sugar, umber stain, jar, and index card. Evidence: lines 3, 5, 139, 147, 177.

ending: 9/10 - The ending closes on practical action instead of thesis. Evidence: final card and dish position (lines 177-179). Weakest candidate: quiet final image; it survives because it is a next-action object.

Chapter verdict: EDITOR-PASS (56/60).

REVISION ORDERS: none.
