# Chapter 24 Surprise Audit - Current Text

Criterion - unpredicted move: PASS. The strongest surprise is not that Odile knew, which the premise promised, but that June takes physical custody of the proof by tearing out the page (L131). This converts reveal into agency rather than explanation.

Criterion - earned by prior setup: PASS. The opening-night after-hours sheet at L115 pays the early paperwork/card drift and Odile's object-borne pressure without inventing a new mechanism.

Criterion - not a cheap twist: PASS. Odile's near-nephew line at L121 stops before public/familial disclosure and preserves established privacy.

Criterion - scene-level smaller surprises: PASS. Luis placing the blue dish rather than Mara translating him (L41-L43), June turning the portrait and then turning it back (L97-L105), and Theo correcting the train walk to the corner (L157) all move character arcs by action.

Chapter verdict: `SURPRISE-EARNED`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
