# Editor-Scored Check - Chapter 01

goal clarity: 9/10
  evidence: `One look at the painting... home by nine to the boxes` (3).
  revision note: none needed.

conflict escalation: 9/10
  evidence: starts with blocked access to a painting (7-13), escalates to Odile's public class placement (73-81), exits on signed list (139-141).
  revision note: none needed.

revelation landing: 8/10
  evidence: `"It was full"` (73) lands the premise turn; `"Repair that before you leave"` (81) turns it into action.
  revision note: none needed.

character consistency: 8/10
  evidence: June folds/squares/reads objects under stress (5, 125); Theo fixes logistics (13, 109); Odile acts through commands (77, 89).
  revision note: none needed.

pacing: 8/10
  evidence: longest low-shift stretch is the `Winter Kitchen` description (35-49), but it is the chapter's central emotional object and is interrupted by Theo/Odile pressure immediately after.
  revision note: none needed.

chapter close: 9/10
  evidence: `wrote *June Park*... "Your turn," she said, and handed him the pen` (139-141).
  revision note: none needed.

prose quality: 8/10
  evidence strongest: `the scorch mark painted exactly as ugly as it was` (35). Weakest: `The man in the green scarf went with it` (13) is functional but plain.
  revision note: none needed.

Chapter verdict: FOUNDATION-SOUND.
