TL;DR. Best reward comes with the LoRA at 50% (0.561, above the evolved prompt's 0.520 and BASE's 0.491), so combine the evolved prompt with a 50% merge. Note it wins by improving delivery, not by raising the emotion — target-emo strength stays near zero (0.002) while WER drops to 0.162 and blend holds at 0.443; quality dips slightly (0.518 to 0.465). The side-effect is a high-energy, triumphant/prideful color — LoRA50 correlates with Triumph (0.93), Pain (0.94) and Pride (0.83). Keep it at 50%: at 100/150% the read degenerates into Impatient, ranting energy and reward collapses to ~0.32-0.36.
Without a LoRA
Best: evolved prompt, no LoRA → reward 0.52
GENERAL: A voice utterly expressing elation, a soaring, jubilant voice, elated and euphoric, bursting with joy, in every breath.
SCRIPT: (elated, euphoric, bursting with joy) "<neutral sentence>" · temp 1.05 top_p 0.9 top_k 25
Best reward comes with the LoRA at 50% (0.561, above the evolved prompt's 0.520 and BASE's 0.491), so combine the evolved prompt with a 50% merge. Note it wins by improving delivery, not by raising the emotion — target-emo strength stays near zero (0.002) while WER drops to 0.162 and blend holds at 0.443; quality dips slightly (0.518 to 0.465). The side-effect is a high-energy, triumphant/prideful color — LoRA50 correlates with Triumph (0.93), Pain (0.94) and Pride (0.83). Keep it at 50%: at 100/150% the read degenerates into Impatient, ranting energy and reward collapses to ~0.32-0.36.