# Tension-Naming Conformance Audit - Chapter 18

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Card tension: absence becomes active labor; June must not let panic or Theo choose Tasker/New York for her.

- `TEXT-ENACTS-TENSION — absence as labor` — scarf washing, catalog boxing, studies, and spackle are all labor, not rumination.
- `TEXT-ENACTS-TENSION — no panic exit` — the floor-plan draft opens and closes; Tasker remains live.
- `TEXT-ENACTS-TENSION — cohort warmth resists severance` — Mara accepts the scarf but sends food, dish obligation, and Tuesday seat.
- `TEXT-ENACTS-TENSION — no repair scene` — Theo's only contact is `"Okay. No chair."`

Chapter verdict: `CARD-TENSION-ENACTED`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
