**TO:** Genesis Editorial Board
**FROM:** Cora, Continuity & Accuracy Editor
**SUBJECT:** Continuity Review - Chapter 20: The Cave of Whispers

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### 1. STRENGTHS TO PRESERVE
*   **Character Voice Consistency:**
    *   **Mira:** Her "Actually. No." verbal tic is present and correctly placed as a corrective pivot (e.g., "Actually. No. It’s not just respirating," and "Actually. No. I don't care.").
    *   **Dorian:** His "The evidence suggests" tag and his clinical, fragmented speech patterns (indicated by ellipses) are perfectly maintained (e.g., "The evidence suggests... that the boy has stumbled into a primary resonance node.").
    *   **Voice Identification:** **YES.** I can identify Dorian by his evidentiary predicates and Mira by her assertive corrections and thermal metaphors without tags.
*   **Legacy Integration:** The mention of Aric and Kaelen aligns with the established "Character State" and "World State." The "Aric Pyre Chair" mentioned in the RAG context is honored through the emotional weight of Aric’s "somatic echo" in the cave.

### 2. MUST-FIX — CONTINUITY
*   **FLAG:** **Chapter 20 refers to Dorian as "Chancellor Thorne."**
    *   **Contradiction:** The text says: *"Chancellor Thorne... Chancellor Mira," the messenger stammered...* However, **Chapter 01 through Chapter 20 (Character State RAG)** establish his name as **Dorian Solas**. "Thorne" has never been his surname in the established canon.
    *   **Correction:** Change "Chancellor Thorne" to "Chancellor Solas."
*   **FLAG:** **Mira’s Robe Color.**
    *   **Contradiction:** The text says: *"My crimson silk robes clung to my skin..."* and *"he collapsed into a heap of charcoal silk..."* regarding the initiate. While Mira is a fire mage, the **World State: ch-20** establishes that the school has moved to "full Grey Integration" and the Chancellors finalized the "Grey Union Arcanum." Mira and Dorian are typically described in grey/union tones in recent state updates to reflect the school's new identity.
    *   **Correction:** Verify if Mira is intentionally wearing her old Pyre crimson as a character choice; if not, she should be in the "charcoal-grey" or "mercury" tones established for the Grey Union.
*   **FLAG:** **Section 14-Delta Location.**
    *   **Contradiction:** Dorian states the breach is in "Section fourteen-delta" in the "sub-levels." However, Mira says they are "halfway to the door" of the "Chancellor’s Sanctum" (High Spire Peak) and then "descended... bypassing the sixth-level libraries and fourth-level dormitories." 
    *   **Correction:** In a vertical spire, "sub-levels" usually implies levels below the ground floor (Level 0). If they started at the Peak and passed Level 4, they are still high in the air. The text should clarify if "Section 14" is near the base/foundations or simply Level 14 of the Spire itself.

### 3. MUST-FIX — CLARITY
*   **Passage:** *"Actually. No. It’s not just respirating," I snapped... "It’s a breach. Someone went digging where the wards are thin."*
    *   **Problem:** This thread is dropped. The chapter ends without identifying who "someone" was or why they were digging.
    *   **Fix:** Add a line of dialogue or a closing thought confirming if the "initiate" (the twelve-year-old boy) was the one digging or if there is a lingering security threat from the Ministry.

### 4. OPTIONAL SUGGESTIONS
*   **Physical State Update (Optional):** The **Character State: ch-20** notes "Dorian’s right hand fully restored." The chapter mentions his "restored hand" several times, which is excellent continuity. It might be a nice touch to mention the faint silver scarring or "Grey stitching" specifically to tie back to the "agonizing precision" mentioned in the RAG.
*   **Political Timeline (Optional):** The messenger mentions the Inquiry is moved to the "new moon." Given the Starfall is "permanent mercury-grey," clarifying how they track lunar cycles through the haze would add world-building depth.

### 5. FORBIDDEN CHANGES / NON-GOALS
*   **Do not "fix" Dorian’s stuttering/ellipses:** These are not grammatical errors; they represent his clinical processing and his recent physical/emotional trauma.
*   **Do not remove Mira’s "Actually. No."** This is her established argumentative signature.
*   **Do not smooth out the "Sensory Bleed":** The "somatic bleed" and "resonance" are established magical rules of this world (Ch-03).

### 6. VERDICT
**REVISE**
(Required due to the naming error: Dorian is Solas, not Thorne. This is a primary identity contradiction.)