# Cover-the-Names Voice Test - Chapter 16

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- `DISTINCT - Mara / Theo` - evidence: Mara `"Theo. You're famous"` and `"It's a phone"` = direct social warmth and practical correction; Theo `"That's the camera"` = praise-deflection through technical excuse.
- `DISTINCT - Odile / class` - evidence: Odile `"Easels turned away from partners... Leave the wrong where I can find it. Two hours."` = material rules; June `"I hate it. It's clear."` = clipped self-protection; Luis `"It's better than the assignment"` = brief material verdict.
- `DISTINCT - Theo / June supply-table exchange` - evidence: Theo `"Nine's a lot of shelf"` and `"I'll send you the layout"` = logistics-as-emotional-avoidance; June `"They're fine where they are"` and `"Tonight was the most honest..."` = plain, optical, pressure-direct.

Chapter verdict: `VOICES-HOLD`.

Weakest DISTINCT exchange: Luis/Theo both use "assignment"; it survives because Theo defends process while Luis gives a craft verdict and exits.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
