# NPC Offscreen-Goals Audit - Chapter 09

ODILE: TRAJECTORY - evidence: tracker says she wants "close her teaching life... force Theo to stop hiding"; last two appearances ch07 (teaches through cards/screens) vs ch08 (red-folder intervention). She is absent in Ch09 by design; not frozen because Ch08 moved her relation to Theo's hidden study.

MARA: TRAJECTORY - evidence: ch08 proposes continuing Tuesday dinners; Ch09 keeps her scarf as an active object ("Mara's scarf," line 17). Last two appearances: ch08 social labor becomes future pressure; ch09 object remains with June. Not prop-shaped.

PRIYA/BEN: TRAJECTORY - evidence: tracker says apartment thread rests until Ch11; Ch09 does not surface them. Freeze-candidate considered: no on-page action in Ch09. Pass because the outline explicitly protects their rest until Ch11.

RUTH/SAM: TRAJECTORY - evidence: tracker says Ch11 is next meaningful pressure point; Ch09 does not import their suspicion. Pass for deliberate rest, not world stop.

NIA: TRAJECTORY - evidence: goal profile says she wants to staff a six-month printshop role; Ch09 text shows action toward that goal: "Call me this week if you want details before it posts" (line 63). Last movement: from planning-only to active recruitment.

ASHA: TRAJECTORY - evidence: goal profile says she seeks steadier work without losing painting; Ch09 shows her tracking Dana/Kessler and asking June to pass Nia's name ("If you pass, send her my name," line 105). Last movement: from planning-only to on-page want and wrong hustle assumption.

Schrodinger count: 0 of 9 recurring/trajectory-relevant secondary characters frozen or prop-shaped. Rested cohort threads are protected by outline, not absences from tracking.

Revision orders:
1. Tracker update required: Asha's profile must add the 2019 museum-prep/health-insurance anecdote and "You catch up" blind spot as last movement after Ch09.
2. Tracker update required: Nia's profile must move from planning to active Ch09 text, including the pre-posting call window and material role terms.
