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-# Character State: ch-07
+# CHAPTER POLISH — FULL MODE STATE EXTRACTION
 
-## Liora Voss
-- **Location:** The Blind Weave (Void beyond the Spindle).
-- **Physical:** Advanced frayback; peripheral vision is harmonic static; hands vibrating with shock. Oxygen-deprived, stabilized solely by the Violet Tether. 
-- **Emotional:** Terrified but resolute; experiencing "The Sight"—the ability to see the raw architecture of the void.
-- **Active Obligations:** Binds Thorne via the Violet Tether (UNPAID).
-- **Open Loops:** Survival in the Blind Weave; confronting Elowen Shade regarding the Dirty Circuit.
-- **Known Secrets:** Confirmed the Dirty Circuit was engineered sabotage by Elowen Shade.
-- **Arc:** 45% — Has abandoned the Spindle's structural safety for the raw chaos of the Weave.
+## Character State: ch-07 (POLISHED/CANONICAL)
 
-## Thorne Quill
-- **Location:** The Blind Weave.
-- **Physical:** Luminescent violet veins; skin translucent/incorporeal where it meets the void; acting as a semi-corporeal anchor for Liora.
-- **Emotional:** Protective; battling an instinctual hunger to dissolve into the Loom’s energy.
-- **Active Obligations:** Guiding Liora through the Weave (UNPAID).
-- **Open Loops:** Resistance to Loom-assimilation; mystery of his innate void-compatibility.
-- **Known Secrets:** The Loom is actively hunting Liora specifically, not just general Spindle stability.
-- **Arc:** 40% — Transitioned from a reluctant partner to a symbiotic bridge between humanity and corruption.
+### 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  
 
-## Elder Maros
-- **Location:** High Observation Gallery, The Spindle.
-- **Physical:** Terminal indigo rot; respiratory failure; immobile.
-- **Emotional:** Resigned witness; nihilistic peace.
-- **Arc:** 30% — Final transition from leader to historical casualty.
+**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
 
-# World State: ch-07
+### 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
 
-## NPC Memory
-- **Archival Guards:** RETREATED — Abandoned the threshold as gravity warped.
-- **The Stained:** EXULTANT — Actively sabotaging efforts to seal the breach; viewing the collapse as "The Great Unbinding."
+### 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)
 
-## Faction Attitudes
-- **Conclave Purists:** BROKEN — Command structure has collapsed; individual cells are fleeing or performing ritual suicides.
-- **The Stained:** ASCENDANT — Gaining power as the Spindle’s fundamental physics fail.
+---
 
-## Active World Events
-- **The Threshold Breach:** The physical boundary is gone; the Spindle is "bleeding" into the Blind Weave.
-- **Harmonic Liquefaction:** Reality within 100m of the breach is non-Newtonian; matter behaves like sound waves.
-- **Vertical Collapse:** Secondary support spindles are shearing off into the void.
+## World State: ch-07 (POLISHED/CANONICAL)
 
-## Item/Lore Status
-- **The Violet Tether:** ACTIVE — The sole link preventing Liora and Thorne from drifting apart.
-- **The Blind Weave:** Revealed as a sea of unbound potential/raw creation rather than empty space.
-- **Dirty Circuit:** SUCCESSFUL — Sabotage bypassed all fail-safes; Spindle dampeners are offline.
-- **Frayback:** Defined as the literal unraveling of the soul-thread due to over-binding.
-- **The Loom:** Emerges as a predatory, sentient force rather than a passive machine.
+### 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.