# ADVISOR: SEED-MINI — freshness pass

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### Line-by-Line Flags & Tiny Revisions
1. Intro: *"nobody's asked you anything yet / and nothing needs an answer"* → Slightly generic/precious. Revise to: *"nobody’s said a single thing yet / and nothing asks for an answer"* (shifts to quiet, active observation, fitting the warm, intimate register).
2. Bridge: *"leave the stool warm, sign your name"* → Vague. Revise to: *"leave the stool warm, sign your name on the napkin"* (adds a concrete, emotion-free small act tied to the morning’s routine, no extra labeling).
3. Verse 2’s core hermit crab line (*"the shell hasn't changed — only the crab has"*, defended per craft notes) lacks a visual anchor. Pair it with a quick, specific lead-in: *"a crab shell waits on the windowsill"* to ground the canon imagery.
All other lines align with pre-approved tweaks and the fleet’s craft doctrine.

### Single Most Unexpected Missing Image
A tiny, sun-faded hermit crab shell perched on the edge of the radio’s tuning dial, where the static hums softest. It ties the bridge’s cracked bell metaphor, Verse 2’s core imagery, and the outro’s "needles settling" line into a quiet, repeating throughline that feels intentional but unforced, no extra exposition needed.

### Ending Check
The outro lands perfectly. It sticks to the intentional irresolution: no big emotional payoff, just the quiet, earned calm of the woman settling into her morning. The circular callback to the radio’s tuning needles closes the sonic loop without wrapping up the unspoken "elephant" (the shifted watch, empty former routine), matching the brief’s focus on the quiet, observed dawn window moment.
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