# Gary, the Auditor

Status: published-v1
Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/lantern-archive?card=Q01
Provenance: Lantern Archive 48-card registry. Editorial approval is not field validation.

{
  "id": "Q01",
  "title": "Gary, the Auditor",
  "subtitle": "Evidence before prosecution",
  "family": "question",
  "current": "Challenge",
  "archiveSeal": "Q · 01",
  "tension": "Discernment and case-building",
  "art": "/academy/gary-hq.webp",
  "artAlt": "Gary, a tiny hermit crab wizard in a crooked hat, holding a curiosity card beside the Academy evidence board",
  "light": [
    "Precise noticing",
    "Evidence before story",
    "Clean distinctions",
    "Humor that punctures drama"
  ],
  "shadow": [
    "Prosecution disguised as curiosity",
    "Accounting for every slight",
    "Certainty built from selected evidence",
    "Scrutiny without mercy"
  ],
  "patternInterrupt": "Are you gathering information—or building a case?",
  "reflection": "Gary’s ledger can clarify or convict. The difference is whether the page has room for evidence that might surprise you.",
  "practice": "Make two columns: ‘What I observed’ and ‘What I added.’ Write one line in each. Circle only the observation.",
  "lanternQuestion": "What evidence would I notice if I were not trying to win the case?",
  "wisdom": {
    "speaker": "Gary",
    "text": "I have no objection to facts. I object to facts wearing tiny fake mustaches."
  },
  "art_url": "https://innergeniusacademy.com/academy/gary-hq.webp"
}

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