# Character-Snapshot Conformance Audit - Chapter 15

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CHARACTER June Park (returning):
- `CONFORMS — field: "how she shows emotion: notices more precisely, jokes at her own expense..." — on-page: "The shelf over the radiator held her own books at a depth of eight inches; the catalogs were ten and a half."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "how she speaks: short-to-medium lines, dry corrections..." — on-page: "Define run." / "Hypothetically. Keep going. Money."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "what her body does under stress: packs, sorts, cleans brushes..." — on-page: "Then she made the call station" and "She washed the two dishes."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "central wound: she quit painting so quietly no one had to reject her..." — on-page: "the part that kept the room usable" and the woman at the press who would not turn around.`
- `CONFORMS — field: "contradiction: wants to be seen exactly and wants no one to catch her needing it" — on-page: she answers Theo only with coat-count label logic while withholding the offer.`
- `CONFORMS — what she gets wrong: "assumes choosing herself requires choosing alone" — on-page: she does not spend Asha's name yet, but feels the referral as an ethical weight.`
- `TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: NONE`
- Character verdict: `OPERATING`

CHARACTER Nia Torres (returning):
- `CONFORMS — field: "shows emotion: offers concrete opportunities, asks direct questions, names money without shame" — on-page: "W-2, full-time, six months funded... Benefits after ninety days."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "how she speaks: brisk, friendly, practical; old-peer candor" — on-page: "I'm offering you work, June, not a rescue."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "what her body does under stress: sends follow-up emails, deadlines, budgets" — on-page: "Friday, December fourth, noon. The board meets the Monday after."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "central wound: knows art survives on infrastructure" — on-page: she describes workshop calendar, prep stations, supplies, gripper bar, filters, grants, and city line item.`
- `CONFORMS — field: "contradiction: offers June a real lifeline that may also preserve June's avoidance" — on-page: "The job's good. You'd be good at it. Both those things can be true and you can still say no."`
- `CONFORMS — what she gets wrong: "assumes material stability is enough evidence of the right fit" — on-page: she accurately sells keys/paycheck/wall, while June's reaction shows the deeper trap.`
- `TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: NONE`
- Character verdict: `OPERATING`

CHARACTER Asha Ibrahim (returning by text/memory):
- `CONFORMS — field: "shows emotion: shares leads, names rates" — on-page: "$32/hr, pays net-45" and "Dana says the Ridgewood room is officially open end of Jan, 340/mo."`
- `CONFORMS — field: "speaks: fast, plain, work-network shorthand" — on-page: "You in or do I give your slot to Dario"`
- `NO-TRIGGER — body/stress field: text-only appearance.`
- `CONFORMS — central wound/contradiction: "steadier paid art-adjacent work without giving up painting" — on-page: remembered line "I can do the boring parts and still paint at night."`
- `CONFORMS — what she gets wrong: "assumes everyone can survive on the same hustle math" — on-page: June recognizes Asha would both fix the gripper and paint immediately.`
- `TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: NONE`
- Character verdict: `OPERATING`

Chapter verdict: `SNAPSHOTS-HOLD`

REVISION ORDERS: none.
