# Opening Hook Audit - Chapter 12

## Evidence

First 50 words: "The third index card was going the way of the first two. Theo sat at the front desk..."

## Criterion Verdicts

- Starts with character action, not weather/mood: PASS. Theo is crossing out memory cards at the front desk.
- Establishes chapter pressure quickly: PASS. The first sentence implies failed choices; by the first paragraph, Theo's safe memory is rejected as too polished.
- Voice-specific: PASS. Voiding checks, desk lamp, cards, and the anxiety of over-preparation are Theo-native.
- Avoids false profundity: PASS WITH WATCH. "A memory with the pit taken out" is a little shaped, but it is immediately attached to the rejected safe card and not used as a scene thesis.

## Verdict

PASS. No revision required.
