# Chapter 03 Comedy Repair Memo

Source audits:
- `output/critiques/claude/chapter_03.comedy_doctor.md`
- `output/critiques/claude/chapter_03.comedy_doctor_round2.md`

## Blocking Findings Accepted

1. June narration overused bureaucratic/fiscal register after Ch02 had already put that family on watch.
   - Repair: converted or cut narration instances around public record, filing, fiscal quarter, budget/spent, payment-plan, and "way other people" phrasing.
2. Portable workshop lines remained after integration.
   - Repair: removed "grow a third act," "course record," "zip code," and the repeated "X the way other people Y" frame.
3. Cohort intro leaned toward epigram contest.
   - Repair: depolished Mara/Ruth/Priya arrival lines while preserving Ben's voice-card logistics.
4. Mara's correction response was too perfect.
   - Repair: changed to pressure admission: `"I know... I kept trying to fix it."`
5. Theo's exit offer pre-stated June's interiority.
   - Repair: made it a route choice.

## Verification

Comedy Doctor round 2 returned `OVERALL: CLEAN`. It verified zero remaining fiscal/filing narration, no portable-line residue, and no new blocking findings. Forward tracker notes: Odile is at quotability ceiling in this class chapter; pose similes should not become a default move.
