# CHAPTER POLISH — FULL MODE STATE EXTRACTION

## Character State: ch-07 (POLISHED/CANONICAL)

### Liora Voss
**Location:** The Blind Weave (The Maw of the Loom)  
**Physical:** Advanced frayback; fingers vibrating with harmonic oscillation; sustained by the Violet Tether; sensory overload from "The Sight"  
**Emotional:** Desperate but laser-focused; feeling the Loom's predatory weight; grieving the cost of her choices  
**Active Obligations:** Binds Thorne via the Violet Tether (ch-07) — UNPAID  
**Open Loops:** 
- Liora and Thorne vs. the Loom's assimilation (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED
- Liora confronting Elowen Shade regarding the Dirty Circuit (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED  

**Known Secrets (CARRIED):** The Dirty Circuit was engineered sabotage by Elowen Shade; The Loom is hunting Liora specifically, not just the Spindle  
**Arc Progress:** 45% — Stepped into the void, trading the Spindle's safety for raw architectural power; discovering that control was never the answer  
**Status:** PERMANENT

### Thorne Quill
**Location:** The Blind Weave (The Maw of the Loom)  
**Physical:** Translucent skin; luminescent violet veins; semi-corporeal anchor for Liora; body resisting total dissolution  
**Emotional:** Protective and grim; fighting to maintain selfhood against the Loom's pull; unwavering commitment to Liora  
**Active Obligations:** Guiding Liora through the Weave (ch-07) — UNPAID  
**Open Loops:** Resistance to Loom-assimilation (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED  
**Known Secrets (CARRIED):** The Loom hunts Liora specifically  
**Arc Progress:** 40% — Symbiotic bridge between humanity and Loom corruption; proving that chaos and connection are not opposites  
**Status:** PERMANENT

### Elder Maros
**Location:** High Observation Gallery, The Spindle  
**Physical:** Terminal indigo rot; respiratory failure; immobile; final moments imminent  
**Emotional:** Nihilistic peace; witnessing without judgment  
**Arc Progress:** 30% — Completed his role as final witness; NARRATIVE FUNCTION CONCLUDED  
**Status:** PERMANENT (departing)

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## World State: ch-07 (POLISHED/CANONICAL)

### Physical Events
- **The Threshold Breach:** Reality bleeding between Spindle and Blind Weave; collapse irreversible  
- **Harmonic Liquefaction:** Matter in breach zone obeys acoustic physics; traditional gravity suspended  
- **Vertical Collapse:** Secondary spindles detaching; drift into void accelerating

### Faction Status
- **Conclave Purists:** BROKEN — Command dissolved; mass exodus or ritual suicide  
- **The Stained:** ASCENDANT — Dismantling dampeners; view breach as holy liberation  
- **Archival Guards:** DESERTED — Fled during gravity warping; Threshold now unguarded

### Critical Items/Forces
- **The Violet Tether:** ACTIVE — Only harmonic link preventing Liora/Thorne consumption  
- **The Loom:** REVEALED — Sentient predatory force; actively hunting Liora  
- **Dirty Circuit:** SUCCESSFUL — Sabotage irreversible; all dampeners offline

### Thematic Status
The chapter closes on **vulnerability as strength**—the binding thread's true nature is mutual weaving, not control. Liora must choose between domination and surrender.