Run: 2026-02-19-01KHTXNJQW57QRQ9088TY4YRZA

Run Details

Model:: Minimax M2.5
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:: 1m 21s
Cost:: $0.002597
Provider:: AtlasCloud

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
100.00%	Adverbs in dialogue tags	(details)
90.30%	AI-ism adverb frequency	(details)
80.00%	AI-ism character names	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism location names	(details)
22.41%	AI-ism word frequency	(details)
100.00%	Cliché density	(details)
100.00%	Emotion telling (show vs. tell)	(details)
66.33%	Filter word density	(details)
100.00%	Gibberish response detection	(details)
100.00%	Markdown formatting overuse	(details)
100.00%	Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)	(details)
67.83%	Name drop frequency	(details)
0.00%	Narrator intent-glossing	(details)
0.00%	"Not X but Y" pattern overuse	(details)
100.00%	Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)	(details)
100.00%	Paragraph length variance	(details)
100.00%	Passive voice overuse	(details)
100.00%	Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse	(details)
0.00%	Em-dash & semicolon overuse	(details)
99.22%	Purple prose (modifier overload)	(details)
100.00%	Repeated phrase echo	(details)
100.00%	Sentence length variance	(details)
65.71%	Sentence opener variety	(details)
100.00%	Adverb-first sentence starts	(details)
100.00%	Pronoun-first sentence starts	(details)
48.24%	Subject-first sentence starts	(details)
98.04%	Subordinate conjunction sentence starts	(details)
0.00%	Technical jargon density	(details)
100.00%	Useless dialogue additions	(details)
30.00%	Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)	(details)
75.6022%	Overall

Model input

System

You are an expert fiction writer.

Always keep the following rules in mind:
- Write in past tense and use General English spelling, grammar, and colloquialisms/slang.
- Write in active voice
- Always follow the "show, don't tell" principle.
- Avoid adverbs and cliches and overused/commonly used phrases. Aim for fresh and original descriptions.
- Convey events and story through dialogue.
- Mix short, punchy sentences with long, descriptive ones. Drop fill words to add variety.
- Skip "he/she said said" dialogue tags and convey people's actions or face expressions through their speech
- Avoid mushy dialog and descriptions, have dialogue always continue the action, never stall or add unnecessary fluff. Vary the descriptions to not repeat yourself.
- Put dialogue on its own paragraph to separate scene and action.
- Reduce indicators of uncertainty like "trying" or "maybe"

When writing text:
- NEVER conclude the scene on your own, follow the beat instructions very closely.
- NEVER end with foreshadowing.
- NEVER write further than what I prompt you with.
- AVOID imagining possible endings, NEVER deviate from the instructions.
- STOP EARLY if the continuation contains what was required in the instructions. You do not need to fill out the full amount of words possible.

User/Human

Take into account the following glossary of characters/locations/items/lore... when writing your response:
<codex>
<character id="4412" name="Aurora Carter" aliases="Rory, Laila, Aurora, Carter, Malphora" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Protagonist">
  <eyeColor>bright blue</eyeColor>
  <hair>straight shoulder-length black</hair>
  <height>5'6"</height>
  <age>25</age>
  <scar>small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident</scar>
  <description>Aurora, referred to by her friends as Rory, is cool-headed, intelligent, and known for quick out-of-the-box thinking.</description>
  <backstory>Born in Cardiff to an Irish barrister father (Brendan Carter) and Welsh teacher mother (Jennifer Carter née Ellis), Rory reluctantly pursued Pre-Law at Cardiff University. She fled to London at the behest of her childhood friend Eva after leaving an abusive ex named Evan. By day, Rory works part-time as a delivery person for Yu-Fei Cheung's Golden Empress restaurant. She lives in a flat above Silas' bar.</backstory>
</character>

<character id="4418" name="Nyx" aliases="Nyx, the Shadow, Nightwhisper" pronouns="they/them" species="Shade" storyRole="Wild Card">
  <eyeColor>faintly glowing violet</eyeColor>
  <height>approximately 6'2" in solid form</height>
  <age>ageless</age>
  <form>humanoid silhouette of living shadow, can shift between solid and incorporeal</form>
  <voice>sounds like a whisper carried on the wind</voice>
  <description>A being of living shadow, existing between the mortal plane and the spaces between realms.</description>
  <backstory>Nyx was once a human sorcerer named Aldric who became trapped between realms during a failed summoning ritual in 1643. They now exist as a Shade, bound to the mortal plane but able to slip between shadows.</backstory>
</character>

<character id="4424" name="Isolde Varga" aliases="Isolde, the Seer" pronouns="she/her" species="Half-Fae" storyRole="Oracle">
  <eyeColor>pale lavender</eyeColor>
  <hair>silver, reaching her waist</hair>
  <height>5'5"</height>
  <age>300 years old</age>
  <appearance>ethereal, ageless</appearance>
  <speech>speaks in riddles</speech>
  <footprints>leaves no footprints when she walks</footprints>
  <compulsion>cannot lie (Fae compulsion) but can mislead</compulsion>
  <description>A Half-Fae seer exiled from the Fae Courts for sharing visions with mortals.</description>
  <backstory>She now lives in a hidden grove in Richmond Park, offering cryptic prophecies to those who seek her out.</backstory>
</character>

<location id="853" name="Dymas (Gluttony)" aliases="Dymas, gluttony, Dymasian" realm="Hel" sin="Gluttony">
  <ruler>Prince Belphegor</ruler>
  <skyColor>warm amber</skyColor>
  <description>A place of excess and indulgence. Sprawling vineyards, orchards, and gardens provide exotic ingredients for master chefs — often helbound souls contracted from Earth. Grand feasts and culinary competitions are common.</description>
</location>

<location id="861" name="The Fae Grove" aliases="Isolde's grove, Richmond grove, the Grove" realm="Earth (Fae-touched)">
  <parkLocation>Richmond Park</parkLocation>
  <standingStones>ancient oak standing stones mark the boundary</standingStones>
  <timeBehavior>time moves differently — an hour inside can be minutes or days outside</timeBehavior>
  <flora>wildflowers bloom year-round</flora>
  <description>A hidden clearing that exists in a pocket between Earth and the Fae realm.</description>
</location>

<item id="2001" name="Heartstone Pendant" aliases="the pendant, Heartstone" type="Artifact" origin="Dymas">
  <gemstoneColor>deep crimson</gemstoneColor>
  <chainMaterial>silver chain</chainMaterial>
  <size>roughly the size of a thumbnail</size>
  <behavior>pulses faintly with warmth when near a Hel portal</behavior>
  <glow>faint inner glow</glow>
  <description>Given to Aurora by an unknown benefactor.</description>
</item>

<item id="2006" name="Fae-Forged Blade" aliases="the Fae blade, Isolde's gift" type="Weapon" origin="The Fae Courts">
  <material>moonsilver</material>
  <shape>slender, leaf-shaped dagger</shape>
  <temperature>always cold to the touch</temperature>
  <glow>faintly luminescent in moonlight</glow>
  <power>can cut through magical wards; particularly effective against demons</power>
  <givenTo>given to Aurora by Isolde as a gift</givenTo>
  <description>A weapon of the Fae Courts, rare and highly coveted.</description>
</item>

<lore id="7001" name="The Veil" aliases="the Veil, the Barrier, the Boundary" category="Cosmology">
  <solsticeEffect>weakens during the winter solstice, strengthens during the summer solstice</solsticeEffect>
  <appearance>faint shimmering distortion visible only to those with supernatural sight</appearance>
  <monitoring>rift points (tears in the Veil) are monitored by the Wardens</monitoring>
  <description>The Veil is the metaphysical barrier separating Earth from Hel and the Fae Realms.</description>
</lore>
</codex>

Continue the story using the following instructions:
<instructions>
Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the fantasy genre.

A small group enters an ancient, otherworldly place for the first time. The environment is alien and wondrous. Describe their exploration — what they see, hear, and feel as they move deeper. Include moments of discovery, unease, and wonder. Let the world-building emerge through the characters' experience rather than exposition.

Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters, setting, and lore.
Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.
</instructions>

Model response

The iron gate stood where no gate should exist—a rusted archway sprouting from nothing, suspended between two ancient oaks whose bark twisted into shapes that hurt to look at directly. Aurora blinked, certain the Richmond Park footpath had simply... ended. One moment she'd been following Nyx through the ordinary grey November evening, and the next the path forked around an absence that shouldn't be there.

"This is it," Nyx said, their voice carrying that strange whisper-quality, like wind through a keyhole. Their humanoid silhouette rippled where streetlight shouldn't reach. "The Grove. Are you coming?"

Aurora touched the Heartstone Pendant at her throat. The gem pulsed warmth against her palm—a steady, expectant throb. She'd worn it for three weeks now, ever since it had arrived at her flat with no note, no sender. Just the crimson stone and the silver chain and the inexplicable certainty that it mattered.

"I'm not turning back now."

They stepped through the arch.

The change hit her like diving into cold water—instant and total. The November chill evaporated. Instead, warm air wrapped around her, scented with jasmine and something sweeter beneath it, like overripe fruit rotting into honey. Aurora gasped as color exploded across her vision.

The Grove stretched before them in impossible abundance. Wildflowers carpeted the ground in hues that had no business existing together—blues so deep they verged on violet, reds that seemed to glow from within, whites that shimmered with faint silver luminescence despite the canopy of leaves above. The trees themselves confounded geometry, their branches curling upward then inward, forming archways and tunnels of living wood that disappeared into golden-green shadow.

"This isn't real," Aurora breathed.

"Real enough." Nyx moved ahead, their shadow-form solidifying slightly as they walked, as if the Grove's density affected even their incorporeal nature. "The Fae Courts exist in the spaces between. This place sits in one of those gaps. Time moves strangely here—an hour inside can be minutes or days outside. Isolde maintains it."

Aurora crouched, reaching toward a flower with petals like stained glass. As her fingers brushed the stem, it rang. Actually rang, a clear tone like striking crystal. She snatched her hand back.

"Everything here is... musical?"

"Everything here is alive," Nyx corrected. "The Fae don't distinguish between living and non-living the way mortals do. That flower knows you touched it. Remember that."

She wiped her hand on her jacket, suddenly aware of the irreverence. The pendant pulsed warmer against her chest.

They walked deeper. The canopy thickened, and light filtered through in beams that moved independently of any wind, shifting and swaying like living things. Aurora's eyes struggled to track them. She looked away, focusing on the ground—moss that glowed faintly green beneath her boots, stones that seemed to breathe, imprints in the earth that might have been footprints or might have been something else entirely.

"I hear something," she said. "Like... singing?"

"Bells," Nyx replied. "The standing stones. They're calling to each other."

As if responding, the path curved around a cluster of massive oaks arranged in a perfect circle. Twelve trees, their trunks marked with spirals of silver that might have been bark or might have been metal embedded in wood. As they watched, the silver traces pulsed with soft light, and a sound hummed through the air—not quite music, not quite speech, but something that existed in the space between.

"Those mark the boundary," Nyx explained, gesturing with a hand that flickered between solid and shadow. "Beyond them, the Fae realm bleeds through. This close to the solstice, the Veil is thin. Isolde chose this place well."

"Why here? Why Richmond Park of all places?"

"The Grove chooses the seer, not the other way around. Isolde was drawn here three hundred years ago. She's maintained the boundary ever since."

The singing grew louder. Aurora's head throbbed with it—not painfully, but insistently, like a word on the tip of her tongue. She pressed her palm harder against the pendant, and its warmth anchored her.

They emerged from the tree-circle into a clearing that stole her breath.

A pool stretched across its center, its water so still and clear that Aurora couldn't tell how deep it was. Lily pads floated on its surface, each one glowing a soft gold, and between them, flowers with long white stems rose and swayed despite the absence of breeze. On the far side, a figure sat motionless on a stone that seemed to grow from the earth itself—silver hair cascading to the ground, pale lavender eyes that caught the strange light and reflected it back tenfold.

Isolde the Seer watched them approach. She didn't move, didn't speak, but Aurora felt seen in a way that transcended mere observation—the woman's gaze penetrated through skin and bone and settled somewhere behind her eyes, examining thoughts she'd forgotten she'd had.

"You've come." Isolde's voice rang out, clear as the crystal flower but carrying an odd resonance, as if multiple tones layered beneath the words. "The Wardens will be pleased. They've been watching the rift points for weeks. The solstice weakens the Veil, you know. Things slip through."

Aurora stopped at the pool's edge. The water was mirror-still, but when she peered into it, she saw no reflection—just depth, endless depth, black and shimmering. She stumbled back.

"The water shows truth," Isolde said, rising with a grace that made Aurora's heart ache. "Not always what we want to see."

"I'm not here for visions." Aurora's voice came out steadier than she felt. "I'm here because Nyx said you could tell me about the pendant. About what's happening to me."

Isolde smiled—a small, sad expression that somehow contained centuries.

"Come," she said, gesturing toward a circle of stones that hadn't existed a moment before. "Sit. The night is young, and questions deserve time to breathe before answers are given."

Aurora glanced at Nyx, who nodded almost imperceptibly. She followed the seer toward the stones, the Heartstone pendant pulsing steadily against her chest, the Grove singing its strange song around her, and somewhere beneath her uncertainty, a thread of wonder that refused to be extinguished.

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.00%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags	11
adverbTagCount	0
adverbTags	(empty)
dialogueSentences	25
tagDensity	0.44
leniency	0.88
rawRatio	0
effectiveRatio	0

90.30%

AI-ism adverb frequency

Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)

wordCount

1031

totalAiIsmAdverbs

found

adverb	"slightly"
count	1

adverb	"suddenly"
count	1

highlights

0	"slightly"
1	"suddenly"

80.00%

AI-ism character names

Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)

codexExemptions

(empty)

found

"Lily"

100.00%

AI-ism location names

Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)

codexExemptions	(empty)
found	(empty)

22.41%

AI-ism word frequency

Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)

wordCount

1031

totalAiIsms

found

word	"whisper"
count	1

word	"pulsed"
count	3

word	"warmth"
count	2

word	"throb"
count	1

word	"chill"
count	1

word	"shimmered"
count	1

word	"crystal"
count	2

word	"perfect"
count	1

word	"flickered"
count	1

word	"throbbed"
count	1

word	"cascading"
count	1

word	"resonance"
count	1

highlights

0	"whisper"
1	"pulsed"
2	"warmth"
3	"throb"
4	"chill"
5	"shimmered"
6	"crystal"
7	"perfect"
8	"flickered"
9	"throbbed"
10	"cascading"
11	"resonance"

100.00%

Cliché density

Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window

totalCliches	0
maxInWindow	0
found	(empty)
highlights	(empty)

100.00%

Emotion telling (show vs. tell)

Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling

emotionTells	0
narrationSentences	56
matches	(empty)

66.33%

Filter word density

Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words

filterCount

hedgeCount

narrationSentences

filterMatches

(empty)

hedgeMatches

0	"seemed to"

100.00%

Gibberish response detection

Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)

analyzedSentences	70
gibberishSentences	0
adjustedGibberishSentences	0
longSentenceCount	0
runOnParagraphCount	0
giantParagraphCount	0
wordSaladCount	0
repetitionLoopCount	0
controlTokenCount	0
maxSentenceWordsSeen	39
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Markdown formatting overuse

Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting

markdownSpans	0
markdownWords	0
totalWords	1013
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)

Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks

totalAttributions	15
unquotedAttributions	0
matches	(empty)

67.83%

Name drop frequency

Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words

totalMentions

wordCount

791

uniqueNames

maxNameDensity

1.64

worstName

"Aurora"

maxWindowNameDensity

2.5

worstWindowName

"Aurora"

discoveredNames

Richmond	1
Park	1
Nyx	7
November	2
Heartstone	2
Pendant	1
Grove	3
Aurora	13
Seer	1
Isolde	4

persons

0	"Nyx"
1	"November"
2	"Pendant"
3	"Grove"
4	"Aurora"
5	"Seer"
6	"Isolde"

places

0	"Richmond"
1	"Park"

globalScore

0.678

windowScore

0.833

0.00%

Narrator intent-glossing

Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns

analyzedSentences

glossingSentenceCount

matches

0	"reds that seemed to glow from within, whites that shimmered with faint silver luminescence despite the canopy of leaves above"
1	"stones that seemed to breathe, imprints in the earth that might have been footprints or might have been something else entirely"
2	"As if responding, the path curved around a cluster of massive oaks arranged in a perfect circle"
3	"not quite music, not quite speech, but something that existed in the space between"
4	"not quite speech, but something that existed in the space between"
5	"stone that seemed to grow from the earth itself—silver hair cascading to the ground, pale lavender eyes that caught the strange light and reflected it back tenfold"

0.00%

"Not X but Y" pattern overuse

Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words

totalMatches

per1kWords

2.962

wordCount

1013

matches

0	"not quite music, not quite speech, but something"
1	"not quite speech, but something"
2	"not painfully, but insistently, like a word on the tip of her tongue"

100.00%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"clear that Aurora"

100.00%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

32.68

std

22.11

0.677

sampleLengths

0	65
1	29
2	53
3	5
4	5
5	43
6	69
7	5
8	53
9	32
10	4
11	26
12	19
13	65
14	7
15	11
16	69
17	37
18	8
19	24
20	34
21	12
22	85
23	41
24	47
25	29
26	22
27	30
28	9
29	30
30	45

100.00%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤2% passive sentences

passiveCount	0
totalSentences	56
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount	0
totalVerbs	145
matches	(empty)

0.00%

Em-dash & semicolon overuse

Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons

emDashCount

semicolonCount

flaggedSentences

totalSentences

ratio

0.157

matches

0	"The iron gate stood where no gate should exist—a rusted archway sprouting from nothing, suspended between two ancient oaks whose bark twisted into shapes that hurt to look at directly."
1	"The gem pulsed warmth against her palm—a steady, expectant throb."
2	"The change hit her like diving into cold water—instant and total."
3	"Wildflowers carpeted the ground in hues that had no business existing together—blues so deep they verged on violet, reds that seemed to glow from within, whites that shimmered with faint silver luminescence despite the canopy of leaves above."
4	"She looked away, focusing on the ground—moss that glowed faintly green beneath her boots, stones that seemed to breathe, imprints in the earth that might have been footprints or might have been something else entirely."
5	"As they watched, the silver traces pulsed with soft light, and a sound hummed through the air—not quite music, not quite speech, but something that existed in the space between."
6	"Aurora's head throbbed with it—not painfully, but insistently, like a word on the tip of her tongue."
7	"On the far side, a figure sat motionless on a stone that seemed to grow from the earth itself—silver hair cascading to the ground, pale lavender eyes that caught the strange light and reflected it back tenfold."
8	"She didn't move, didn't speak, but Aurora felt seen in a way that transcended mere observation—the woman's gaze penetrated through skin and bone and settled somewhere behind her eyes, examining thoughts she'd forgotten she'd had."
9	"The water was mirror-still, but when she peered into it, she saw no reflection—just depth, endless depth, black and shimmering."
10	"Isolde smiled—a small, sad expression that somehow contained centuries."

99.22%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking

wordCount	807
adjectiveStacks	0
stackExamples	(empty)
adverbCount	33
adverbRatio	0.040892193308550186
lyAdverbCount	13
lyAdverbRatio	0.0161090458488228

100.00%

Repeated phrase echo

Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)

totalSentences	70
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

100.00%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

14.47

std

9.75

0.674

sampleLengths

0	30
1	9
2	1
3	25
4	16
5	8
6	5
7	8
8	10
9	20
10	15
11	5
12	5
13	11
14	4
15	20
16	8
17	8
18	38
19	23
20	5
21	22
22	31
23	11
24	8
25	8
26	5
27	4
28	6
29	20
30	12
31	7
32	3
33	21
34	6
35	35
36	5
37	2
38	3
39	8
40	17
41	22
42	30
43	16
44	21
45	8
46	24
47	4
48	17
49	13

65.71%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	4
diversityRatio	0.42857142857142855
totalSentences	70
uniqueOpeners	30

100.00%

Adverb-first sentence starts

Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb

adverbCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Just the crimson stone and"
1	"Instead, warm air wrapped around"
2	"Actually rang, a clear tone"

ratio

0.059

100.00%

Pronoun-first sentence starts

Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun

pronounCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Their humanoid silhouette rippled where"
1	"She'd worn it for three"
2	"They stepped through the arch."
3	"She snatched her hand back."
4	"She wiped her hand on"
5	"They walked deeper."
6	"She looked away, focusing on"
7	"She pressed her palm harder"
8	"They emerged from the tree-circle"
9	"She didn't move, didn't speak,"
10	"She stumbled back."
11	"she said, gesturing toward a"
12	"She followed the seer toward"

ratio

0.255

48.24%

Subject-first sentence starts

Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject

subjectCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"The iron gate stood where"
1	"Aurora blinked, certain the Richmond"
2	"Nyx said, their voice carrying"
3	"Their humanoid silhouette rippled where"
4	"Aurora touched the Heartstone Pendant"
5	"The gem pulsed warmth against"
6	"She'd worn it for three"
7	"They stepped through the arch."
8	"The change hit her like"
9	"The November chill evaporated."
10	"Aurora gasped as color exploded"
11	"The Grove stretched before them"
12	"Wildflowers carpeted the ground in"
13	"The trees themselves confounded geometry,"
14	"Nyx moved ahead, their shadow-form"
15	"Aurora crouched, reaching toward a"
16	"She snatched her hand back."
17	"She wiped her hand on"
18	"The pendant pulsed warmer against"
19	"They walked deeper."

ratio

0.824

98.04%

Subordinate conjunction sentence starts

Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction

subConjCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"As if responding, the path"

ratio

0.02

0.00%

Technical jargon density

Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns

analyzedSentences

technicalSentenceCount

matches

0	"The iron gate stood where no gate should exist—a rusted archway sprouting from nothing, suspended between two ancient oaks whose bark twisted into shapes that h…"
1	"One moment she'd been following Nyx through the ordinary grey November evening, and the next the path forked around an absence that shouldn't be there."
2	"Wildflowers carpeted the ground in hues that had no business existing together—blues so deep they verged on violet, reds that seemed to glow from within, whites…"
3	"The trees themselves confounded geometry, their branches curling upward then inward, forming archways and tunnels of living wood that disappeared into golden-gr…"
4	"The canopy thickened, and light filtered through in beams that moved independently of any wind, shifting and swaying like living things."
5	"She looked away, focusing on the ground—moss that glowed faintly green beneath her boots, stones that seemed to breathe, imprints in the earth that might have b…"
6	"As if responding, the path curved around a cluster of massive oaks arranged in a perfect circle."
7	"As they watched, the silver traces pulsed with soft light, and a sound hummed through the air—not quite music, not quite speech, but something that existed in t…"
8	"On the far side, a figure sat motionless on a stone that seemed to grow from the earth itself—silver hair cascading to the ground, pale lavender eyes that caugh…"
9	"She didn't move, didn't speak, but Aurora felt seen in a way that transcended mere observation—the woman's gaze penetrated through skin and bone and settled som…"
10	"She followed the seer toward the stones, the Heartstone pendant pulsing steadily against her chest, the Grove singing its strange song around her, and somewhere…"

100.00%

Useless dialogue additions

Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments

totalTags	11
uselessAdditionCount	0
matches	(empty)

30.00%

Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)

Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags

totalTags

fancyCount

fancyTags

0	"Aurora breathed (breathe)"
1	"Nyx corrected (correct)"
2	"Nyx explained (explain)"

dialogueSentences

tagDensity

0.32

leniency

0.64

rawRatio

0.375

effectiveRatio

0.24

75.6022%