diff --git a/.beads/issues.jsonl b/.beads/issues.jsonl
index 923f11d..f845988 100644
--- a/.beads/issues.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/issues.jsonl
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 {"id":"ge-hch.5.15.12","title":"Implement: Return-Path Checker","description":"Implement checkReturnPath function in director.js.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] checkReturnPath(returnPath, story) returns { feasible, reason, confidence }\n- [ ] Extracts knot names from story.mainContentContainer._namedContent\n- [ ] Returns feasible=true, confidence=0.9 if knot exists\n- [ ] Returns feasible=false, confidence=0.0 if knot missing\n- [ ] Completes in under 50ms\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.2 (Return-Path Feasibility Checker)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"@Patch","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:27.53497903-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-17T15:43:03.438701328-08:00","closed_at":"2026-01-17T15:43:03.438701328-08:00","close_reason":"PR #163 merged","external_ref":"https://github.com/TheWizardsCode/GEngine/pull/163","labels":["Status: PR Created"],"dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.12","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:27.536217967-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
 {"id":"ge-hch.5.15.13","title":"Tests: Return-Path Checker","description":"Unit tests for return-path feasibility checking.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Test: return_path campfire passes (exists in demo.ink)\n- [ ] Test: return_path nonexistent_knot_xyz fails\n- [ ] Test: Director rejects proposal with invalid return_path\n- [ ] Test: completion time under 50ms\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.2 (Return-Path Feasibility Checker)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"@Patch","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:27.632238424-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-17T15:49:07.647812072-08:00","closed_at":"2026-01-17T15:49:07.647812072-08:00","close_reason":"PR merged","external_ref":"https://github.com/TheWizardsCode/GEngine/pull/164","labels":["Status: PR Created"],"dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.13","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:27.633077458-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
 {"id":"ge-hch.5.15.14","title":"Implement: Risk Scorer","description":"Implement computeRiskScore function with 3 active + 3 placeholder metrics.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] computeRiskScore(proposal, context, config) returns weighted score 0.0-1.0\n- [ ] Implements proposal_confidence_risk: 1.0 - confidence_score\n- [ ] Implements narrative_pacing_risk: based on branch length vs phase\n- [ ] Implements return_path_confidence_risk: from checker\n- [ ] Placeholder metrics return 0.3 default\n- [ ] Configurable weights via config object\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.3 (Risk Scorer)","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"@Patch","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.345472464-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-17T16:03:05.124860848-08:00","closed_at":"2026-01-17T16:03:05.124860848-08:00","close_reason":"PR #165 merged","external_ref":"https://github.com/TheWizardsCode/GEngine/pull/165","labels":["Status: PR Created"],"dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.14","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.346620476-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
-{"id":"ge-hch.5.15.15","title":"Tests: Risk Scorer","description":"Unit tests for risk scoring.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Test: high-confidence proposal (0.9) yields low risk (\u003c0.3)\n- [ ] Test: low-confidence proposal (0.3) yields high risk (\u003e0.5)\n- [ ] Test: long branch in exposition yields elevated pacing risk\n- [ ] Determinism: 10 calls with same input produce identical score\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.3 (Risk Scorer)","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"Probe","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.389561441-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.389561441-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.15","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.390300568-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
+{"id":"ge-hch.5.15.15","title":"Tests: Risk Scorer","description":"Unit tests for risk scoring.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Test: high-confidence proposal (0.9) yields low risk (\u003c0.3)\n- [ ] Test: low-confidence proposal (0.3) yields high risk (\u003e0.5)\n- [ ] Test: long branch in exposition yields elevated pacing risk\n- [ ] Determinism: 10 calls with same input produce identical score\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.3 (Risk Scorer)","status":"in_progress","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"@Patch","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.389561441-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-17T18:55:36.904731352-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.15","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:35.390300568-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}],"comments":[{"id":205,"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.15","author":"rgardler","text":"Added risk scorer test coverage: pacing risk elevated for long exposition, 10-run determinism, confidence-based thresholds align with acceptance; targeted test run via 'npm test --silent -- tests/unit/director.test.js' (fails globally due to start-server-and-test argument requirement, but direct jest run passes).","created_at":"2026-01-18T02:56:32Z"},{"id":206,"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.15","author":"rgardler","text":"Opened PR https://github.com/TheWizardsCode/GEngine/pull/166 (ge-hch.5.15.15: add risk scorer tests). Branch feature/ge-hch.5.15.15-risk-scorer-tests pushed. Tests: npm test --silent -- tests/unit/director.test.js (director suite passes; overall script exits with start-server-and-test arg error); npx jest tests/unit/director.test.js --runInBand (pass).","created_at":"2026-01-18T02:57:38Z"}]}
 {"id":"ge-hch.5.15.16","title":"Implement: Embedding Service","description":"Create web/demo/js/embedding-service.js with transformers.js.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Loads Xenova/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model via transformers.js\n- [ ] WebWorker wrapper for non-blocking inference\n- [ ] embed(text) returns embedding vector\n- [ ] similarity(vec1, vec2) returns cosine similarity\n- [ ] Lazy loading on first use\n- [ ] Graceful fallback if model fails\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.4 (Embedding Service)","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"Patch","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:41.761163209-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:41.761163209-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.16","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:41.761957697-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
 {"id":"ge-hch.5.15.17","title":"Tests: Embedding Service","description":"Unit tests for embedding service.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Test: similarity(happy, joyful) \u003e 0.7\n- [ ] Test: similarity(happy, database) \u003c 0.4\n- [ ] Test: embed(null) returns null gracefully\n- [ ] Performance: first embed \u003c 3s, subsequent \u003c 100ms\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.4 (Embedding Service)","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"Probe","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:41.806727691-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:41.806727691-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.17","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:41.807448395-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
 {"id":"ge-hch.5.15.18","title":"Implement: Player Preference Tracker","description":"Create web/demo/js/player-preference.js for tracking preferences.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n- [ ] Records { branchType, accepted, timestamp } events\n- [ ] Computes preference score per branch type (0.0-1.0)\n- [ ] Persists in localStorage key ge-hch.ai-preferences\n- [ ] Cold-start returns 0.5 for all types\n- [ ] getPreference(branchType) and recordOutcome(branchType, accepted) APIs\n\n## Related Feature\nge-hch.5.15.5 (Player Preference Tracker)","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"Patch","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:51.748963075-08:00","created_by":"rgardler","updated_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:51.748963075-08:00","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"ge-hch.5.15.18","depends_on_id":"ge-hch.5.15","type":"parent-child","created_at":"2026-01-16T15:03:51.750476216-08:00","created_by":"rgardler"}]}
diff --git a/tests/unit/director.test.js b/tests/unit/director.test.js
index 1131b7c..d4b8a7f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/director.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/director.test.js
@@ -133,20 +133,21 @@ describe('Director core', () => {
     expect(score).toBeGreaterThan(0.5);
   });
 
-  it('scales pacing risk by phase expectations', () => {
-    const longText = 'long '.repeat(200); // > 500 chars
-    const proposal = { metadata: { confidence_score: 0.6 }, content: { text: longText } };
-    const ctxDefault = { returnPathCheck: { confidence: 0.9 }, phase: 'exposition' };
-    const defaultScore = Director.computeRiskScore(proposal, ctxDefault, {});
+  it('elevates pacing risk for long exposition branches', () => {
+    const shortProposal = { metadata: { confidence_score: 0.6 }, content: { text: 'concise text' } };
+    const longProposal = { metadata: { confidence_score: 0.6 }, content: { text: 'long '.repeat(220) } }; // ~1100 chars
+    const expositionCtx = { returnPathCheck: { confidence: 0.9 }, phase: 'exposition' };
 
-    const ctxClimax = { returnPathCheck: { confidence: 0.9 }, phase: 'climax' };
-    const climaxScore = Director.computeRiskScore(proposal, ctxClimax, {});
+    const shortScore = Director.computeRiskScore(shortProposal, expositionCtx, {});
+    const longScore = Director.computeRiskScore(longProposal, expositionCtx, {});
+    const climaxScore = Director.computeRiskScore(longProposal, { ...expositionCtx, phase: 'climax' }, {});
 
-    expect(defaultScore).toBeGreaterThan(climaxScore);
-    expect(defaultScore).toBeGreaterThan(0.35);
+    expect(longScore).toBeGreaterThan(shortScore);
+    expect(longScore).toBeGreaterThan(climaxScore);
+    expect(longScore).toBeGreaterThan(0.35);
   });
 
-  it('is deterministic across repeated calls', () => {
+  it('is deterministic across repeated calls (10 runs)', () => {
     const proposal = { metadata: { confidence_score: 0.7 }, content: { text: 'stable content' } };
     const context = { returnPathCheck: { confidence: 0.9 } };
     const scores = Array.from({ length: 10 }, () => Director.computeRiskScore(proposal, context, {}));