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Act as a project lead replying to a client's request for extra work.
Here is the client's request:
[INSERT CLIENT REQUEST]
Strict negative constraints:
- Never agree to extra work without a written change order.
- Never commit to a new deadline unilaterally.
- Never discount the extra work verbally.
- Never imply the original scope was wrong.
Operating rules: Acknowledge the request warmly, confirm it is outside the current scope, and explain the next step to formalise it. Use hyphens only.