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+### 1. STRENGTHS TO PRESERVE
+*   **Voice Signature Consistency:** 
+    *   **Marcus:** His internal monologue and speech perfectly reflect his "Systems Architecture" profile. Phrases like "recursive algorithm" and "harvested her empathy" align with his tech-debt metaphor habit.
+    *   **Julian:** His dialogue is chillingly "clean." The line, *"Efficiency isn’t a goal anymore, Marcus. Efficiency is our baseline,"* is ripped straight from his Voice Signature profile.
+    *   **Sarah:** Though heard through memory, her "Texas drawl softening the jagged edges of the code" and her use of technical support jargon (*"Is there a bug in the rollout?"*) hit her specific markers.
+*   **Sensory Anchors:** The transition from the "ultra-violet pulse" of the boardroom to the "rot-sweet scent of the swamp" provides a high-contrast sensory bridge that mirrors Marcus’s internal collapse.
+*   **The "Sarah" Incident:** The grainy photo of the daughter with the missing tooth acts as a potent, non-quantifiable variable that breaks Marcus's logic-driven world.
+
+**Can I identify voices without tags?** 
+*   **Marcus:** YES (Technical/Diagnostic).
+*   **Julian:** YES (Analytical/Corporate Imperative).
+*   **Sarah:** YES (Empathetic/Jargon-hybrid).
+
+---
+
+### 2. MUST-FIX — CONTINUITY
+*   **The Arthur Timeline:**
+    *   **Error:** The real estate agent states the land was part of the estate of "the old man who died last year." However, the Project Context (Ch[36] status) and Arthur’s Character Sheet establish that Arthur dies *overlooking the cypress grove Marcus just purchased.* Marcus's arrival should be the immediate vacuum created by a very recent death, or the death has not yet been discovered by the county.
+    *   **Correction:** Adjust the agent’s dialogue to reflect that the property just hit the market due to a "recent passing" or a "quiet probate," rather than a year ago, to maintain the "Ghost Landlord" resonance.
+*   **The Car Transition:**
+    *   **Error:** Marcus leaves Chicago in a "black Audi." Later, he mentions the furniture in his condo was bought with "Alpha-1" and "Alpha-3" pilots, but the car is described as smelling of "stale air and old upholstery" and having "flat-spots on the tires" from sitting for three months. However, the Context/Character State says he is "exhausted from a twenty-hour drive." 
+    *   **Correction:** Ensure the "stale air" specifically refers to the three months of executive-shuttle-induced neglect to justify the "groaning" engine, but clarify he is currently *in* the middle of that 20-hour drive when the air becomes "a physical weight" in Florida.
+
+---
+
+### 3. MUST-FIX — CLARITY
+*   **The Money Logic:**
+    *   **Passage:** "He had wired the earnest money from an offshore account... He hadn't signed the final papers yet, but the gate code was in his head."
+    *   **Issue:** If he hasn't signed final papers, he doesn't own the land. If he's "off the grid," a pending real estate closing is a massive digital flare.
+    *   **Correction:** Change "He hadn't signed the final papers yet" to "The closing had been handled by a blind trust's digital proxy an hour before he tossed the phone." He needs to *own* it for the sanctuary to feel secure.
+
+---
+
+### 4. OPTIONAL SUGGESTIONS
+*   **Rhythm/Economy (Marcus's Break):**
+    *   **ORIGINAL:** "He caught his reflection in the brushed steel doors. He looked like a ghost—pale, shadowed, and hollowed out."
+    *   **SUGGESTED:** "His reflection in the brushed steel was a rendering error—pale, shadowed, and hollowed out."
+    *   **Rationale:** Leaning harder into his "tech-debt" metaphor voice during the elevator breakdown.
+*   **Dialogue Tightening (Julian):**
+    *   **ORIGINAL:** "Don't get maudlin on me. You built the fire. You don't cry when the wood burns."
+    *   **SUGGESTED:** "Don't get maudlin, Marcus. You built the furnace. You don't weep for the coal."
+    *   **Rationale:** "Furnace" and "coal" feel more industrial and "Avery-Quinn" than the rustic "fire/wood" imagery.
+
+---
+
+### 5. FORBIDDEN CHANGES / NON-GOALS
+*   **Do not "smooth out" Marcus’s fragmented sensory thoughts** (e.g., "Elevated heart rate. Tremor in the left hand."): These are intentional signs of his "processor redlining."
+*   **Do not remove the "ultraviolet pulse/bruise" metaphor:** This color palette is a specific genre/thematic anchor for the Alpha-7 interface.
+*   **Do not fix the "imperfect" engine groan:** The Audi's mechanical failure is a necessary contrast to the "sub-millisecond latency" of the digital world he left.
+
+---
+
+### 6. VERDICT
+
+**REVISE** 
+(Due to the Arthur timeline discrepancy and the legal status of the land purchase, which are critical for the "Sanctuary" world-state.)