# Opening Hook Audit - Chapter 06

CRITERION 1: PULLS - first 50 words quoted: `At lunch Theo walked the gallery route and counted nine steps down to the basement on Orchard. The handrail ran along the left side only. The door at the bottom had been taped open with blue painter's tape, the good kind, and the radiator under the flat files had come on` - reasoning: motion starts inside Theo's overprepared route-checking, and the question is why he has counted a social outing down to handrails/radiators.

CRITERION 2: CLEAN - strongest atmospheric candidate: `the radiator under the flat files had come on early for the season`; it survives because it is character-bound logistics, not a camera pan. Theo notices room conditions because he is trying not to manage everyone and managing anyway.

CRITERION 3: not applicable; Chapter 06 is not chapter 1 or a part-opening.

Chapter verdict: HOOKED.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
