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 Physical: Residual metabolic chill; tremors in right hand (suppressed); no injuries.
 Emotional: Intellectually shaken; protective; mourning the loss of his clinical isolation.
 Active obligations: Owes the Spire Council a report on the "Grey" anomaly (Ch07) — UNPAID.
+CARRIED SECRET (from Ch06 — unresolved): ACCORD PROTOCOL OMEGA — Dorian discovered document proving the Severance Key executed his great-uncle Aldric Solas 50 years ago. He has NOT told Mira. His over-protectiveness is partly grief. This secret MUST be revealed in Ch08.
 Open loops: [Dorian/Mira] The physical addiction to the mana-equilibrium (Ch07) — UNRESOLVED.
 Known secrets: Discovered that his family’s lineage was the original architect of the Starfall breach — Mira remains unaware.
 Arc: 75% -- Formally abandoned his "absolute zero" philosophy to embrace the "Unrefined" kinetic heat required to stabilize Mira’s core.