LLAMAGEN ORIGINALS - PUBLIC QA TEST FIXTURE
Source: Home Library book-02, Whispers of the Mosswood
Fixture type: newly authored prose scene, NOT the input used to produce the existing Home Library artwork.
Purpose: test the Novel to Comic upload path and story/character continuity.

By the time Kaito reached Shirakawa village hall, the benches were already crowded. At the front, Mr. Sterling stood beside a projector screen showing a thin grey road drawn straight through the green heart of Mosswood Forest. He spoke as if the map described empty land.

Elara sat near the front row. Her expression changed as she recognized the old cedar grove beneath the proposed road. Kaito followed her gaze to the projected line. That grove had sheltered families during the worst storms, and the village had never agreed that it should be cleared.

The room did not react as one. An elderly villager scowled at the screen. A woman next to him looked worried. A younger man leaned forward, curious about the promise of a quicker journey to town. Kaito stayed silent, his hands gripping the edge of his seat.

Mr. Sterling's presentation ended, but no decision had been made. Kaito looked once more at the line on the map and resolved to visit the forest before the next meeting.

REVIEW RULES
- Mr. Sterling presents a proposed road; nobody approves construction in this excerpt.
- Kaito and Elara are present at the village meeting.
- Show contrasting villager reactions rather than claiming everyone agrees.
- Preserve the forest as a disputed place, not a destroyed forest.
- Avoid invented events after the unresolved meeting.