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+# Character State: ch-07
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+## Lyra Vance
+- **Location:** The Outer Perimeter of the Guild, overlooking the Grey Cliffs.
+- **Physical:** Shaking hands; a thin line of "Thread-Burn" appearing along her left palm from resisting the Loom’s collapse.
+- **Emotional:** Defiant but isolated; a cold clarity has replaced the initial shell-shock.
+- **Active obligations:** Escape the Guild’s immediate jurisdiction—PENDING.
+- **Open loops:** [Lyra/Dorian] The question of why he didn't use the Obsidian Shears on her when he had the chance—UNRESOLVED.
+- **Arc:** 15% — She has consciously abandoned her pursuit of Guild validation in favor of visceral survival.
+- **Permanent:** YES
+
+## Dorian Thorne
+- **Location:** The High Dais, Great Loom Chamber.
+- **Physical:** Adjusting his left cufflink obsessively; eyes tracking the "Thinning" at the edges of the room.
+- **Emotional:** Calculatedly distant; experiencing a "precision collapse" as he realizes the Guild’s instability.
+- **Active obligations:** Owes Malakor a report on Lyra’s "apprehension"—UNPAID.
+- **Open loops:** [Dorian/Lyra] The secret recognition that her "Half-Stitch" was technically perfect despite the disaster—UNRESOLVED.
+- **Arc:** 12% — His mask of competence is intact, but his fascination with Lyra’s "error" is beginning to compromise his loyalty to Malakor.
+- **Permanent:** YES
+
+## High Weaver Malakor
+- **Location:** The Council Chambers.
+- **Physical:** Moving with predatory grace; his grip on the Obsidian Shears is white-knuckled.
+- **Emotional:** Vindicative; the need for a scapegoat has become a tactical necessity for his survival.
+- **Active obligations:** Maintain the illusion of Guild control to the lesser weavers—ACTIVE.
+- **Arc:** 15% — Fully committed to Lyra’s destruction to hide the Loom’s systemic flaws.
+- **Permanent:** YES
+
+# World State: ch-07
+
+## NPC Memory
+- **The Weaver’s Guild:** FEAR — The rank-and-file apprentices are terrified. They saw Lyra's departure not as an escape, but as an act of further sabotage.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- **The Weaver’s Guild:** VOLATILE — Internal factions are forming between those who blame the Loom's age and those who demand Lyra's execution.
+
+## Active World Events
+- **The Great Severing:** EXPANDING — The rift at the heart of the Loom is no longer localized; "Static Threads" are appearing in the Guild’s lower halls.
+- **The Search:** ACTIVE — Malakor has authorized the use of Shadow-Stitchers to track Lyra’s resonance.
+
+## Technical Stats
+- **Loom Integrity:** 9% (Systemic hemorrhage).
+- **Thread Tension:** Erratic (Spiking in bursts, causing localized time-skips).
+- **Casualties:** 1 (Confirmed), 12 (Injured by Loom-snap).
+
+## Continuity Notes
+- Lyra has successfully stolen a spool of "Null-Silk" from the supply cache before exiting.
+- Dorian witnessed Lyra’s exit but provided a false trajectory to the Guild guards, creating a private debt between them.
+- The smell of ozone and burnt silk now permeates the entire Guild complex.