# Character-Snapshot Conformance Audit - Chapter 09

## CHARACTER June Park (returning)

- CONFORMS - field: "notices edges before faces" - on-page: value/color work dominates ("raking light," line 19; "value run," line 43).
- CONFORMS - field: "mistakes being understood for being pitied" - on-page: she types and deletes "*I didn't say it was a favor*" (line 69).
- CONFORMS - field: "packs, sorts... leaves before anyone can watch her want" - on-page: "set the foamcore face-down" (line 55), then hides it in the tote (line 127).
- CONFORMS - contradiction: wants to be seen and not caught needing it - on-page: keeps the foamcore visible only after leaving (line 137).
- TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: NONE.
- Character verdict: OPERATING.

## CHARACTER Asha Ibrahim (new)

- CONFORMS - field: "fast, plain, work-network shorthand" - on-page: "High hundreds. Heat is weird. Freight elevator sticks. Twenty-four-hour access" (line 93).
- CONFORMS - stress response: "gets practical and unsentimental" - on-page: she answers June's uncertainty with Dana/Kessler contacts and deadline advice (lines 89-105, 129-133).
- CONFORMS - what she gets wrong: "assumes everyone can survive on the same hustle math" - on-page: "and caught up. You catch up" (line 105), undercut by June's silence (line 107).
- CONFORMS - contradiction: wants stability and knows it can eat painting time - on-page: "I can do the boring parts and still paint at night" plus 2019 museum-prep anecdote (line 105).
- TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: NONE.
- Character verdict: OPERATING.

## CHARACTER Nia Torres (new, text-only)

- CONFORMS - field: "art needs rooms, keys, and paychecks" - on-page: "Keys, real paycheck, W-2, studio access after hours" (line 63).
- CONFORMS - stress response: "gets brisk" - on-page: second text strips pity: "Not a favor. I need someone..." (line 67).
- CONFORMS - what she gets wrong: "assumes material stability is enough evidence of the right fit" - on-page: the whole pitch is logistics and competence, not June's desire to paint.
- NO-TRIGGER - body/stress physical tell because Nia appears only by text; plausible for this chapter.
- TRAIT-LIST SYMPTOMS: NONE.
- Character verdict: OPERATING.

## CHARACTER Marisol / Marta Oduya / Dana / Kessler / incoming artist (new or named)

- NO-TRIGGER for full snapshot conformance; they are functional walk-ons or off-page names in this chapter. Clarity Pass verified they are placeable and un-confusable.

Chapter verdict: SNAPSHOTS-HOLD.

REVISION ORDERS: None.
