_Status: planned branch chapter. _
## Planned Function
- Provide the happy Church Path ending. - Keep James's conversion sincere and nontrinitarian. - Let Clara live and remain part of the ending's human repair.
## Continuity Locks
- The house should feel ordinary because the claim is gone, not because James now controls unseen danger. - The branch should not erase Zayn's testimony or Clara's past. - The ending should leave responsibility without giving James spiritual authority over others.