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 - Novel production pipelines spawn chapter tasks sequentially with explicit dependencies (e.g., ch-02 depends on ch-01 completion).
 - Magic theft transfers not only power but the victim's personality essence, manifesting as lingering physical changes (e.g., eye color rings) and psychological overwrite, even after attempted expulsion into archive objects.
 - Editorial workflow requires three specialized independent reviews (developmental/structural by Devon, line/prose by Lane, continuity by Cora) with dependencies before Roundtable debate/consensus.
+- Magic system architecture: Inherited bloodline affinities (e.g., House Vane lightning/storm) produce detectable Arcanic signatures (scents, pulses); Nulls suppress via Obsidian-Flint; protagonist's siphon ("Hollow") mechanism transfers not just power but sensory/mental echoes (shared visions/thoughts, physical changes like eye color to violet), eroding identity without artifacts like siphon-stones.