# Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit: Chapter 03

PROTECTED-HELD - thread: fake relationship public lie - strongest resolution-candidate: line 89 "We know each other from there." Why not resolution: it deepens the cover with a true partial answer; it does not expose or settle the lie.

PROTECTED-HELD - thread: Theo's nephew identity - strongest candidate: line 27 "She tapes the trays herself" and line 125 "He has the keys..." Why not resolution: these suggest institutional familiarity, not family relation. Earliest resolution remains Ch17.

PROTECTED-HELD - thread: Odile knew all along - strongest candidate: line 125 "Park, Brennan. You two close." Why not resolution: it is rereadable as knowing but externally plausible as teacher logistics.

PROTECTED-HELD - thread: June's New York decision - strongest candidate: line 159 "it had not killed her." Why not resolution: June survives one class and follows the group; no stay/leave decision is made.

NOT-TOUCHED - thread: Theo's art-making.

NOT-TOUCHED - thread: `After Class` subject agreement.

QUICK-TEST: 2 of 5 conflicts introduced in this chapter resolve inside the scene - JOGGING. Resolved: June begins drawing badly and survives the first session; studio map/name-load are settled by scene action. Unresolved/deepened: fake-couple public assumption, scarf return obligation, Theo's incomplete truth.

Chapter verdict: THREADS-SAFE.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
