# Chapter 04 Shared-Vocabulary Ban Conformance

Cards loaded: June, Theo, Mara, Luis, Priya, Ben, Ruth, Sam. Global blacklist checked: reading-guide tics plus run tics (`breath`, `flutter`, `smirk`, `chuckle`, `air changed`, `Winter Kitchen` overuse, first snow, postcard NYC, generic romance body shorthand).

- ECHO-OK — `"Tuesday"` — deliberate object-term echo around Mara's scarf deal: `"Tuesday. That was the deal"` / `"I know the terms"`.
- ECHO-OK — `"line"` — art/class domain term used by Ben, Theo, June, and Mara; common plot vocabulary, not owned diction.

Nearest misses:
- NEVER-SAYS: June's `"Separate check for mine"` is debt-boundary plainness, not a violation of her dry register.
- LEAKAGE: Theo's `"It was a soft pencil"` belongs to his object register and does not leak June's sharper gallery contempt.
- BLACKLIST: no `Winter Kitchen`, snow, breath, flutter, smirk, chuckle, or "air changed" hit.
- CROSS-FAVORITE: "Tuesday" appears across speakers but is an object-thread term, not a favorite adjective/verb.

Chapter verdict: VOCAB-CONFORMS.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
