# Performance Check: Chapter 02

- UNPERFORMED — criterion 1 keynote cadence — strongest counter-candidate: line 39's long date/material montage. It is accumulative, but the movement tracks prep logistics, not an inspirational rhetorical wave.
- UNPERFORMED — criterion 2 mission-statement phrasing — strongest counter-candidate: line 25 "That was the useful version. The less useful version..." It states Theo's rationalization plainly and self-critically, not as a purpose declaration.
- UNPERFORMED — criterion 3 applause-line endings — strongest counter-candidate: line 163 "All the signature did was agree." It might have been a stamp if final, but the chapter continues into filing and lock action.
- UNPERFORMED — criterion 4 ceremonial wrap-ups — final 150 words stop on record and lock: "packets: 8 of 8 collected" / "heard it catch." No blessing or summary.
- UNPERFORMED — criterion 5 service-desk tone — strongest counter-candidate: "Great" at line 143 is June's irritated speech, not canned reassurance.

OVERALL: UNPERFORMED.

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