# Adversarial Register Audit - Chapter 18

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- `REGISTER-HOLDS — warm but not cozy-cushioned` — Mara gives food and a seat, but June's `"I don't think I—"` is interrupted and no repair occurs.
- `REGISTER-HOLDS — grief without melodrama` — strongest rupture lines are physical: `"the phone facedown beside the bowl"`, `"backs up, blank"`, `"Wet spackle sat white"`.
- `REGISTER-HOLDS — no banter treadmill` — the Mara exchange has direct welfare questions and refusals; jokes are object-tethered and non-looping.
- `REGISTER-HOLDS — no essay drift` — Positive Prose and Plain Translation removed the W-2/ratify/underlayer/ending-symbol clauses; current text stays in action.
- `REGISTER-HOLDS — no genre cliche` — no breath-holding, smirking, "air changed," jealousy, eavesdrop, weather climax, or skyline-as-feelings.

Chapter verdict: `REGISTER-DEFENDED`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
