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feat(content): author contradiction monologue lines — Sera/Kael FRIEND arc (#552)

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Source-named contradiction monologue for both detective and smuggler.
Detective: Sera/Kael location contradiction (Phase 2 blindsiding +
Phase 3 pattern recognition with Torek avoidance). Smuggler: Kael in
B-7 with unrecognized contact (Phase 2 gut reaction + Phase 3
behavioral pattern accumulation). Cognitive-dissonance-not-accusation
tone per D-083. 16 hand-authored lines total (8 per character).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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character: detective
location: contradiction-detected
lines:
# Contradiction Monologue — Ticket #552 — Sera/Kael FRIEND Arc
# Authored per D-083 (contradiction detection pipeline) and Paula Round 2 Mellanie spec
# (docs/workshops/knowledge-flow-npc-boundaries/paula-round2.md, lines 117-158).
#
# Trigger: contradiction_detected fires when the detective observes Kael in Corridor B-7
# while the KG holds Sera's claim that Kael was at dock intake during second shift.
# Event payload: source_display_name = "Sera Venn", subject_display_name = "Kael Davan"
#
# FRIEND-pattern NPCs (Sera, Kael) always use hand-authored lines — generic template fallback
# does not fire for this arc.
#
# Authoring principle: cognitive dissonance, not accusation. The detective doesn't know
# who or what is wrong. Uncertainty first, suspicion second, accusation never.
#
# Phase 2 lines: trust established but not deep — the blindsiding.
# Prerequisites: KG entry for Kael has state: Contradicted, source: ToldBy(Sera Venn)
# Phase 3 lines: additional context accumulated — Sera's avoidance of Torek observed 3x.
# Prerequisites: Phase 2 + Sera's avoidance pattern has fired (three departures logged).
#
# ID discriminator: _con_ marks contradiction lines per Q-028 pending resolution.
# cooldown: -1 — these are one-time events. Should not repeat.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PHASE 2 — Primary beat (fires on contradiction_detected, immediate)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_001
text: "Sera said Kael was at the dock intake during second shift. I'm looking at him in corridor B-7 right now."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 10
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, analytical]
notes: >
Paula's canonical primary line — preserved verbatim. Flat factual statement: source named,
subject named, specific location claim vs. direct observation. The 'I'm' contraction is
natural in a surprise moment even for the analytical detective — the observation breaks
through the professional register. No interpretation, no accusation.
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_002
text: "Venn said Kael was at dock intake through second shift. Kael is in B-7. Those aren't compatible."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, analytical]
notes: >
Alternate primary — fully analytical register: surname-initial for both (institutional
reflex), no contractions, plain declarative close. 'Those aren't compatible' is the
detective's version of stating contradiction — clinical, process-language. Fires as
alternate to con_001 for variety on replay.
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_003
text: "She placed Kael at the dock. He's not at the dock."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2]
notes: >
Stripped-down alternate. 'She placed' is the informal of 'Venn stated' — personal register
triggered by Sera being THE FRIEND. 'He's not at the dock' — the barest possible statement
of contradiction. The brevity is the weight: six words and the investigation changes shape.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PHASE 2 — Secondary beat (fires after short delay, cognitive processing)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_004
text: "One of them is wrong. Sera, or what I'm seeing. Or I'm missing something I don't have yet."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_processing
mood: [anxious, focused]
priority: 10
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, cognitive-dissonance]
notes: >
Paula's canonical secondary beat — fires 3-5 seconds after the primary beat.
Epistemic neutrality held across three options: Sera is wrong, observation is wrong, or
context is missing. No option is dismissed. 'I'm missing something I don't have yet' is
the key line — it holds accusation off even against evidence. The detective files it open.
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_005
text: "File it. Don't close it. Either Venn's information was wrong when she gave it, or it was wrong on purpose. That's a different question."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_processing
mood: [focused]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-2, analytical, cognitive-dissonance]
notes: >
Alternate secondary beat. 'File it, don't close it' is the detective's internal procedure
for unresolved data. The critical distinction: wrong information vs. deliberately wrong
information — the detective separates these without assuming either. 'That's a different
question' closes the processing loop, marking it unresolved, not dismissed.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PHASE 3 — With accumulated context (Sera's avoidance pattern observed)
# Requires: three Sera departures correlated with Torek Lintar arrivals observed.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_006
text: "Sera told me Kael doesn't make mistakes. He's not where she said he'd be. And she's been avoiding Lintar for three weeks."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 10
cooldown: -1
phase: 3
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
- pattern: sera_avoidance_lintar
count_min: 3
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-3, pattern-recognition]
notes: >
Paula's canonical Phase 3 line — preserved verbatim. Three facts in sequence, no explicit
connection drawn between them: Sera's testimony about Kael ('doesn't make mistakes'),
Kael's actual location, Sera's avoidance behavior. The detective is connecting dots but
not announcing the conclusion. The emotional weight is in 'Sera told me' — personal register
for the friend relationship — vs. the clinical observation about Lintar.
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_007
text: "Two facts: Venn placed Kael at dock intake, second shift. Kael is in B-7. One new observation: Venn leaves every time Lintar enters the bar. Worth seeing if those connect."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 3
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
- pattern: sera_avoidance_lintar
count_min: 3
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-3, analytical, pattern-recognition]
notes: >
Alternate Phase 3 — analytical register throughout, no personal register even for Sera
(surname only). 'Worth seeing if those connect' is the detective's verbal tic of flagging
without concluding. The numbered format ('Two facts... One new observation') is the
detective's internal case-building style. Fully non-accusatory: the connection is not
stated, only the intent to look for it.
- id: pc-detective_m_d_con_008
text: "Venn's been managing her exits around Lintar. And she put Kael somewhere he isn't. Let's see what sits at the intersection of those two."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused]
priority: 8
cooldown: -1
phase: 3
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Sera Venn"
- pattern: sera_avoidance_lintar
count_min: 3
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, sera, kael, phase-3, analytical]
notes: >
Alternate Phase 3. 'Let's see what' verbal tic, no accusation. 'Managing her exits' is
the detective naming Sera's avoidance behavior — behavioral description, not motive
attribution. 'Put Kael somewhere he isn't' — plain contradiction framing. The intersection
remains unstated. Detective is following the thread, not announcing what's on it.
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character: smuggler
location: contradiction-detected
lines:
# Contradiction Monologue — Ticket #552 — Sera/Kael FRIEND Arc (Smuggler perspective)
# Authored per D-083 (contradiction detection pipeline) and Paula Round 2 Mellanie spec
# (docs/workshops/knowledge-flow-npc-boundaries/paula-round2.md, lines 117-158).
#
# Trigger: contradiction_detected fires when the smuggler observes Kael in Corridor B-7
# with an unrecognized contact — contradicting Kael's stated location and ring protocol.
# Event payload: source_display_name = "Kael Davan", subject_display_name = "Kael Davan"
# (Kael is both source and subject: he placed himself elsewhere, smuggler sees him here.)
#
# FRIEND-pattern NPCs always use hand-authored lines — generic template fallback
# does not fire for this arc.
#
# Authoring principle: cognitive dissonance, not accusation. The smuggler reads social
# signals instinctively, but doesn't conclude — she contains the alarm. Street-smart
# gut reaction, not analytical procedure.
#
# Phase 2 lines: first observation — Kael in B-7 with unknown contact.
# Prerequisites: KG entry for Kael has state: Contradicted, source: ToldBy(Kael Davan)
# Phase 3 lines: behavioral pattern already accumulating — increased lattice checking,
# shortened interactions, early exits from break room.
# Prerequisites: Phase 2 + Kael's behavioral anomalies observed (count ≥ 2).
#
# ID discriminator: _con_ marks contradiction lines per Q-028 pending resolution.
# cooldown: -1 — one-time events. Should not repeat.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PHASE 2 — Primary beat (fires on contradiction_detected, immediate)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_001
text: "Kael said second shift was clear. He's in B-7. With someone I don't know."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 10
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, operational]
notes: >
Primary line — three beats, three facts. 'Kael said' names the source (friend register,
first name). 'He's in B-7' is the observation. 'With someone I don't know' is the alarm:
not just wrong location, but outside the ring. Fragment structure throughout — the smuggler
clocks a scene in pieces. No accusation, no conclusion: just inventory of what's wrong.
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_002
text: "That's Kael. Restricted corridor. Unrecognized contact. Kael doesn't come to B-7."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, operational]
notes: >
Alternate primary — catalog format. 'That's Kael' opens with identification, not alarm:
recognition first, then the wrong details fall into place. Each fragment adds one layer
of what's wrong. Close: 'Kael doesn't come to B-7' — negative statement of prior
expectation, which is now violated. No contraction in the closing declarative (emphasis).
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_003
text: "He's in B-7. He told me he'd be heading home after shift. One of those isn't the case."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2]
notes: >
Alternate primary — echoes the Paula canonical structure (observation / prior claim /
contradiction stated) but in the smuggler's voice. 'He told me' is personal register
(friend, not colleague). 'One of those isn't the case' — the smuggler's understated
version of flagging a contradiction: not 'one of them is a lie' but 'isn't the case.'
Epistemic containment in plain language.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PHASE 2 — Secondary beat (gut-level recalibration, operational containment)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_004
text: "Maybe there's a reason. There's always a reason. But Kael knows better than to run a meeting in a maintenance corridor without telling me."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_processing
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 10
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, cognitive-dissonance]
notes: >
Secondary beat — fires 3-5 seconds after primary. Self-challenge first: the smuggler
gives Kael benefit of the doubt, then immediately walks it back with operational
logic. 'There's always a reason' is the street-smart equivalent of epistemic
containment — she's seen strange things before. The closing line is where the alarm
lives: this isn't strange, it's a protocol violation.
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_005
text: "Don't assume. Could be he's running something for Nils I wasn't told about. Could be something else. The second thing is the problem."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, reflection, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_processing
mood: [focused]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 2
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-2, operational, cognitive-dissonance]
notes: >
Alternate secondary beat. 'Don't assume' is the smuggler's self-instruction (operational
discipline). Two possibilities held open: ring-authorized (names Nils — the coordinator)
vs. outside the ring. 'The second thing is the problem' — the alarm, stated as dry
understatement. Operational logic applied to an emotional moment: the smuggler
keeps the processing clean even when the stakes are personal.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# PHASE 3 — Behavioral pattern accumulated (increased lattice checking, early exits)
# Requires: Kael behavioral anomalies observed prior to the B-7 contradiction.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_006
text: "He's been distracted for three days. Lattice checks every few minutes, leaving lunch early. Now a B-7 meeting with someone outside the ring. Kael's working an angle he hasn't told me about."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused, anxious]
priority: 10
cooldown: -1
phase: 3
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
- pattern: kael_behavioral_anomaly
count_min: 2
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-3, pattern-recognition, operational]
notes: >
Phase 3 primary — connects all accumulated behavioral data to the contradiction. Fragment
catalog builds the picture: three days of signals, then this. Closing line names the
conclusion without naming its implication: 'working an angle' is street-smart language
for running something unauthorized, but the smuggler doesn't say 'exit attempt' —
she doesn't know that yet.
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_007
text: "Kael doesn't run his own contacts. Devra handles external. So either Devra knows about this, or Kael's outside protocol. Neither's good."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [focused]
priority: 9
cooldown: -1
phase: 3
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
- pattern: kael_behavioral_anomaly
count_min: 2
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-3, operational]
notes: >
Alternate Phase 3 — operational knowledge applied. The smuggler knows ring structure:
Devra manages external contacts, Kael handles cargo logistics. An unrecognized contact
means either Devra is running something Kael's involved in (plausible, alarming) or
Kael went outside protocol (worse). Both possibilities named, neither closed. 'Neither's
good' — the smuggler's understated close for a significant threat read.
- id: pc-smuggler_m_s_con_008
text: "He's been somewhere else in his head all week. Now I know why. Whoever that was — not ring. Kael's looking for a way out."
role: player_character
access: [public]
trust: real
situation: [investigation, observation, contradiction]
trigger: contradiction_detected
mood: [anxious]
priority: 8
cooldown: -1
phase: 3
prerequisites:
- entity: "npc:kael-davan"
state: Contradicted
- source_name: "Kael Davan"
- pattern: kael_behavioral_anomaly
count_min: 2
tags: [contradiction, friend-arc, kael, phase-3, intuition]
notes: >
Alternate Phase 3 — gut read, highest emotional weight. 'Somewhere else in his head'
describes the behavioral changes without cataloging them. 'Now I know why' — the click
of understanding arriving. 'Not ring' — short, certain, two words. 'Looking for a way
out' is street-smart language for exit attempt: the smuggler doesn't know the details
but the read is right. This line is the closest the smuggler comes to naming what's
happening — and she still doesn't say it explicitly.