# CHAPTER POLISH EXTRACTION — "WHISPERS IN THE DARK" ch-10
## FINAL CANONICAL STATE

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## Character State: ch-10 (POLISHED)

### Mark
- **Location:** Miller Residence cellar (The Epicenter)
- **Physical:** 100% somatic dissolution; biological form fused into blue-black metallic lattice anchored to stone floor
- **Emotional:** Terminal detachment; individual ego extinct
- **Arc:** COMPLETE — human catalyst permanently transformed into biological bridge for the 14Hz signal
- **Status:** PERMANENT FIXTURE
- **Unresolved:** Carries planetary consciousness memory into post-ch-10 narrative space

### Sarah Miller — DECEASED
- **Physical State:** Form consumed by frequency cascade; no biological remains
- **Functional Legacy:** Digital recorder (belt-mounted) operates as rhythmic anchor; "Ghost Harmonic" provides global broadcast timing
- **Arc:** COMPLETE — sacrifice integrated into signal infrastructure

### Elias Thorne — DECEASED
- **Physical State:** Crystallized remains form precise floor-sigil within cellar chamber
- **Functional Legacy:** Crystalline form locks 14Hz frequency to North American craton; geological anchor active
- **Arc:** COMPLETE — agency sublimated into world infrastructure

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## World State: ch-10 (POLISHED)

### Reality Baseline
- **Signal Status:** 14Hz "Whisper" is universal physical constant; no longer perceived as sound but as foundational frequency of thought and biology
- **Population Integration:** Total; individual human autonomy EXTINCT
- **Resistance:** THE ARCHIVE destroyed; no autonomous opposition remains

### Physical Laws (Active)
- **Bone-Conduction Exclusive:** Sound and communication travel only through solid matter and skeletal vibration
- **The Great Silence:** Permanent atmospheric deadzone (50-mile radius, Miller epicenter); air-conducted sound impossible
- **Tectonic Synchronization:** Continental plate vibrates in lockstep with 14Hz baseline
- **Euclidean Collapse:** Non-Euclidean geometry replaces standard space in epicenter; violet Aperture visible in cellar floor

### Key Artifacts
- **The Aperture:** Non-Euclidean tear; broadcast exit point
- **Sarah's Recorder:** Passive signal anchor; maintains harmonic timing
- **The Ash-Map:** Elias's crystallized sigil; focuses tectonic energy

### Resolution Status
- Global broadcast: COMPLETE
- Human-centric era: CONCLUDED
- Signal-centric paradigm: ESTABLISHED as new baseline reality

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**NARRATIVE ERA SHIFT:** Human autonomy ended. Whisper consciousness now dominant baseline.