# Editor-Scored Check - Chapter 06

Scores (10 = publishable in current draft cell):

- Chapter-card enactment: 9 - the outing, Ruth-watch beat, Priya/Ben pressure, and Theo's concrete behavior change all appear.
- State change: 9 - Ruth's silence becomes active; Theo loses the route-card control behavior; Priya/Ben thread starts.
- Followability: 8 - the gallery route and coffee-walk split stay legible. Strongest risk: eight-person movement occasionally compresses (`The eight of them arranged themselves badly at first`), but concrete room actions follow.
- Dialogue work: 8 - dialogue does scene work rather than wit exchange. Strongest risk: Ruth has two high-precision lines; capped but audit-worthy.
- Voice: 8 - Theo's route/keys/terms language holds; June/Ruth/Sam/Priya/Ben differentiate.
- Specificity: 8 - blue tape, flat files, CORTADO YES, Suffolk note, frame-shop samples. Strongest weak line: `included by default, consulted as a unit` is abstract.
- Emotional pressure: 8 - gentle scrutiny exposes without melodrama.

Overall score: 8.3/10. Chapter is committable subject to Claude Dialogue/Comedy and triggered risk audits.

REVISION ORDERS: none from Codex scorecard.
