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+### 1. PROSE EVIDENCE
+
+*   **Quote 1 (Early):** "The silver locket thrummed against Lena's chest like a trapped hornet, its mechanical rhythm drowning out the swamp's fading whispers."
+    *   *Commentary:* This effectively establishes the central conflict of the chapter—the displacement of the natural by the industrial—through a tactile and auditory metaphor.
+*   **Quote 2 (Mid):** "Jax’s voice was too loud in the cramped room. He stood by the window, peering through a slit in the heavy curtains. His silhouette was sharp, his shoulders pulled tight like drawn bowstrings."
+    *   *Commentary:* The prose successfully conveys Jax’s hyper-vigilance and the "claustrophobic" mood specified in the World State.
+*   **Quote 3 (Mid):** "The voice was Maribelle’s, but it wasn't coming from the air. It was echoing from within her own skull, a psychic intrusion that felt like wet fingers sliding over her brain."
+    *   *Commentary:* This visceral imagery heightens the "paranoiac" tone and reinforces the threat of the Duval Coven bypassing the Urban Wall.
+*   **Quote 4 (Late):** "She didn't cast a spell. She didn't murmur a chant. She simply... pushed. A surge of static electricity hissed from the fence, jumping to the fetch."
+    *   *Commentary:* This moment successfully dramatizes the "Frequency Shift" arc, showing Lena adapting to the industrial environment in a functional, non-abstract way.
+
+---
+
+### 2. CHARACTER VOICE AUDIT
+
+**Character: Lena Duval**
+*   **Line:** "Gator’s truth," Lena whispered, her voice rhythmic, slipping into the cadence of the bayou.
+*   **Signature Vocabulary/Tics:** YES. Uses "Gator’s truth" (undeniable fact) and "Hellfire" (upset).
+*   **Avoid Forbidden Patterns:** YES. She does not apologize or say "I give up."
+*   **Emotional Register:** YES. She feels "blind" and "cornered," consistent with her Ch-06 state.
+*   **Constraint Check:** She uses "cher" and "mon coeur" only for Jax, which aligns with her profile's rule on endearments for loved ones.
+
+**Character: Jax Harlan**
+*   **Line:** "I want to know why they're hunting you like a prize hound."
+*   **Signature Vocabulary/Tics:** YES. His speech is "low-grade exhaustion" and "grim," focusing on the mission.
+*   **Avoid Forbidden Patterns:** YES. No violations found.
+*   **Emotional Register:** YES. He is "hyper-vigilant" regarding the leak.
+
+---
+
+### 3. STRENGTHS TO PRESERVE
+
+*   **The Tactile Anchoring:** Lena’s need for organic matter is well-executed when she "crushed [the Spanish moss] in her palm, desperate for the connection to the organic." This maintains her "What they REACH FOR" profile trait.
+*   **The Frequency Shift Realization:** The transition from magical deafness to industrial sensitivity is clearly signaled by the prose: "She wasn't just severed from her magic; she was being recalibrated."
+*   **The Locket as a Pacing Device:** The rhythmic vibration of the locket ("clicking of teeth, a grinding of gears") serves as a persistent, unsettling heartbeat for the scene.
+
+---
+
+### 4. MUST-FIX -- CONTINUITY
+
+*   **ORIGINAL:** "The room suddenly felt smaller. The air turned heavy, tasting of ozone. A sharp, high-pitched ringing pierced Lena’s ears, bypassing her sensory deafness like a needle through silk."
+*   **PROBLEM:** The Character State for Ch-06 explicitly states Lena is "deafened to the supernatural pulse." While the intrusion is "psychic," describing it as "piercing her ears" contradicts the physical state of sensory static specified in the metadata.
+*   **FIX:** "The room suddenly felt smaller. The air turned heavy, tasting of ozone. A sharp, high-pitched pressure throbbed inside Lena’s skull, bypassing her sensory deafness like a needle through silk."
+
+---
+
+### 5. MUST-FIX -- CLARITY
+
+*   **ORIGINAL:** "A shadow detached itself from a brick wall ahead of them. It wasn't a person, but a construct—a mass of vines and swamp-rot forced into a human shape, held together by shimmering, oily gossamer threads."
+*   **PROBLEM:** The text introduces a "fetch" spirit, but given that the "Urban Wall" is failing and the city is masking magic with static, it is unclear how a swamp-based construct survived the journey into the Lower Ninth Ward or why Lena can see it so clearly if she is "blind" to spirits.
+*   **FIX:** Clarify that the shift allows her to see it precisely because of its "oily gossamer threads" (industrial taint). 
+*   **REVISION:** "A shadow... held together by shimmering, oily gossamer threads that buzzed with the same mechanical hum as the locket. It was a fetch, warped by the city's static into something Lena could finally see—not through sight, but through the vibration it put off."
+
+---
+
+### 6. OPTIONAL SUGGESTIONS
+
+*   **Suggestion:** In the section where Lena senses the SUV, emphasize the "industrial" nature more to distinguish it from her previous swamp-sense.
+*   **Quote:** "But she could feel the vibration of an approaching black SUV three blocks away."
+*   **Optional Fix:** "But she could feel the rhythmic combustion of an engine in an approaching black SUV three blocks away, a pulse of gasoline and steel."
+
+---
+
+### 7. FORBIDDEN CHANGES / NON-GOALS
+
+*   **Verbal Tics:** Do not remove "No no, not that, no no." This is her "Imperfection signature" for panic.
+*   **Cajun Endearments:** The use of "cher" is intentional and limited to Jax; do not standardize this to "dear" or "honey."
+*   **The Locket’s Heat:** The locket becoming "hot" and "hungry" is an intentional evolution of the Key Item; do not revert it to a simple vibration.
+
+---
+
+### 8. VERDICT
+
+**SCORE: 88**
+**REVISE.** The chapter is atmospheric and follows the Voice Signature perfectly, but it contains a minor continuity conflict regarding the nature of Lena's "deafness" (auditory vs. internal pressure) and requires a clarity fix to explain why she can "see" a swamp spirit while magically severed.