# Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit - Chapter 05

- PROTECTED-HELD - thread: fake relationship public lie - strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted: `There was only an instruction on her easel, and it let the entire room call this work` (line 79) - why it is not resolution: deepens the false public category by making looking socially permissible; no truth is confessed or challenged.
- NOT-TOUCHED - thread: Theo's nephew identity.
- PROTECTED-HELD - thread: Odile knew all along - strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted: `The crossed-out word... SUBJECT... PARTNER` (line 39) and `The card asked you to let it` (line 69) - why it is not resolution: clue remains material and teachery; no character states Odile's knowledge or motive.
- NOT-TOUCHED - thread: June's New York decision.
- PROTECTED-HELD - thread: Theo's art-making - strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted: `June was on it, allegedly... he had gotten the knot` (line 97) - why it is not resolution: Theo draws for class only, awkwardly; it plants attention but does not solve his maker arc.
- NOT-TOUCHED - thread: `After Class` subject agreement.
- PROTECTED-HELD - thread: S-SCARF-01 / scarf return - strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted: `"Keep it through the cold snap"` (line 15) and `Mara's scarf still on` (line 111) - why it is not resolution: Mara extends the loan; the Ch18 return payoff remains open.

QUICK-TEST: 2 of 5 conflicts introduced in this chapter were resolved within their own scene - verdict: JOGGING (2/5 minority).
- Resolved locally: scarf return attempt introduced at line 9, deferred rather than resolved by Mara at line 15; this is not a final thread resolution.
- Resolved locally: first bad contour's repaired chin is confronted by Odile at lines 65-69.
- Not resolved: fake-couple pressure through PARTNER card (line 39), June's attention to Theo (lines 81-91), Theo's hidden relation to Odile (not touched).

Chapter verdict: THREADS-SAFE.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
