# Counter-Strip Audit - Chapter 19

Verdict: NO-OVERSTRIP.

## Checks

- The chapter does not strip out emotional context to avoid sentiment; Theo's shame is legible through failed setup and over-explaining.
- The cohort is not flattened into silent witnesses: Priya feeds, Ben aborts a rotation, Mara fails to smooth, Luis speaks directly, Sam moves the table and opens the rack.
- Odile remains sparse without becoming opaque: the stool move orients the reader through action.
- The ending with the clean jar preserves tenderness rather than cutting all care as punishment.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
