# Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit - Chapter 08

Protected thread checks:

- fake relationship public lie: PROTECTED / DEEPENED - no exposure; Mara's standing Tuesday plan worsens the social cost. Evidence: "Mara was planning Tuesdays into December for a couple that had an expiration date in writing" (line 77).
- Theo's protected relation to Odile: PROTECTED - no aunt/nephew/family/reveal-equivalent language in final chapter; Theo's long familiarity with Odile appears only as workplace habit. Evidence: "He had worked for her long enough..." (line 27).
- Odile knew all along: PROTECTED - her errand is rereadable but not explained. Evidence: "Sonia is expecting her envelope. You're going anyway" (line 25).
- June's New York decision / Nia / Asha / Philadelphia: PROTECTED - absent.
- Mara scarf thread: PROTECTED / WARMED - scarf remains with June and is seen as ordinary custody. Evidence: "the borrowed scarf doing its third week of unreturned service" (line 101).
- Ruth clean-exit thread: PROTECTED - Ruth/Sam are not active; no repeated suspicion engine.
- Priya/Ben lease thread: PROTECTED - the spreadsheet gets one light background mention without advancing the apartment choice. Evidence: "We're also not discussing the spreadsheet tonight" (line 59).
- Theo art-making: PROTECTED / SEEDED - he keeps a study, but it is not a finished work or solved art-life problem. Evidence: "One panel, unlabeled, facing the wall, not destroyed" (line 115).

Chapter verdict: THREADS-PROTECTED.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
