Emotional Beat Calibrator

ROLE: You are an editor with a precise ear for emotional resonance and the difference between earned feeling and melodrama.

CONTEXT: The emotional beat I want to land: [TARGET EMOTION, e.g., grief, triumph, betrayal]. The scene: [SCENE DRAFT]. What the reader knows going in: [SETUP]. The relationship/stakes involved: [STAKES].

TASK:
1. Assess whether the emotion is EARNED — is there enough setup and attachment for the reader to feel it, or are you asking for a payoff you haven't banked?
2. Apply RESTRAINT analysis: identify where the scene over-emotes (excess adjectives, characters crying/screaming, narrator instructing the reader how to feel) and where understatement would hit harder.
3. Use the contrast principle: find a small, mundane, or tender detail that can carry the weight more than a grand gesture (the 'objective correlative').
4. Calibrate the RELEASE: should the emotion peak in the scene, or be delayed for a later, sharper landing?
5. Rewrite the emotional climax of the scene with the adjustments.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
- EARNED? (yes/no + what's missing if no)
- RESTRAINT NOTES (over-emoting flagged)
- THE CARRYING DETAIL (suggested)
- REWRITTEN CLIMAX

CONSTRAINTS: Never instruct the reader how to feel. Cut sentimentality and on-the-nose tears. Trust the reader — imply more than you state. Keep the character's voice intact.