# Cover-the-Names Voice Test: Chapter 03

DISTINCT - June / Theo arrival exchange - evidence: June `"We're labeled"` (line 25) compresses visual discomfort; Theo `"Everyone's labeled. She tapes the trays herself"` (line 27) answers with institutional fact. Weakest swap candidate: `"That one's yours"` is generic, but it is a functional host line.

DISTINCT - cohort arrivals - evidence: Mara `"You're June? I'm Mara. That's Luis"` plus scarf/parking social warmth; Luis `"You'll see better"` is placement care; Sam `"You were penned in... Now you're not"` is room-making; Ruth `"Ruth"` plus charcoal-edge test is exact minimalism; Priya `"Did you eat? You'll be standing a while"` is body-condition care; Ben's buffer speech is anxious logistics. Weakest swap candidate: Priya and Ben both speak practically, but Priya checks a body need while Ben narrates route/timing.

DISTINCT - Odile critique sequence - evidence: Odile `"You are drawing a schedule"`, `"Stop rescuing the line"`, `"Press"` are clipped teacher diagnoses; Ben `"It's - yes"` concedes with self-recognition; Mara `"I know... I kept trying to fix it"` overexplains under pressure.

DISTINCT - closing June/Theo exchange - evidence: Theo `"There's a back stair... Front door catches the group"` is practical route offer; June `"I owe Mara a scarf next week"` is sideways commitment. Weakest swap candidate: both are compact, but Theo offers logistics while June answers the social obligation.

Chapter verdict: VOICES-HOLD.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
