# Shared-Vocabulary Ban Conformance — Chapter 20

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Checked shared/default vocabulary that can blur speakers:
- "good" appears in offer arithmetic ("GOOD"), Asha's "Send it" context, and Nia's "someone good." These are semantically distinct and tied to work/referral, not a shared emotional adjective.
- "real" appears in Asha's line "Forty-nine five and written access is real"; June does not adopt the wording.
- "keys" appears as contract term and self-knowledge ("person with keys"), a motif payoff rather than generic shared diction.
- "Noted" appears twice and is spent; see Voice Cover Names.
- "honest light" appears in Asha's room description only; June later looks at the light without repeating the phrase.

Strongest failure candidate: Asha's "real" and Nia/June's work vocabulary could flatten into shared professional register. It survives because Asha weighs survival terms, Nia weighs staffing/payroll, and June weighs whether she becomes caretaker instead of painter.

Chapter verdict: `SHARED-VOCAB-CONFORMS`.

REVISION ORDERS: none. Forward watch: no third "Noted"; vary any future "real" verdicts.
