diff --git a/01/HistorianHysteria/PuzzleSolver.cs b/01/HistorianHysteria/PuzzleSolver.cs
index 4a79f0d..4e5f01c 100644
--- a/01/HistorianHysteria/PuzzleSolver.cs
+++ b/01/HistorianHysteria/PuzzleSolver.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+namespace HistorianHysteria;
+
 class PuzzleSolver
 {
   public int CalculateTotalDistance(List<int> left, List<int> right)
diff --git a/02/RedNosedReports/Direction.cs b/02/RedNosedReports/Direction.cs
index 3ced75a..6d62e4a 100644
--- a/02/RedNosedReports/Direction.cs
+++ b/02/RedNosedReports/Direction.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ namespace RedNosedReports;
 
 static class Direction
 {
-  public const string Unknown = "Unknown";
   public const string Increasing = "Increasing";
   public const string Decreasing = "Decreasing";
 }
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diff --git a/02/RedNosedReports/PuzzleParser.cs b/02/RedNosedReports/PuzzleParser.cs
index 09f34b8..0e85811 100644
--- a/02/RedNosedReports/PuzzleParser.cs
+++ b/02/RedNosedReports/PuzzleParser.cs
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@ namespace RedNosedReports;
 
 class PuzzleParser
 {
-  public List<Report> Parse(string[] lines)
-  {
-    var reports = new List<Report>();
-
-    foreach (var line in lines)
-    {
-      var numbers = line.Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToList();
-      reports.Add(new Report(numbers));
-    }
-
-    return reports;
-  }
+  public List<Report> Parse(string[] lines) => lines
+    .Select(line => line.Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToList())
+    .Select(numbers => new Report(numbers))
+    .ToList();
 }
diff --git a/02/RedNosedReports/Report.cs b/02/RedNosedReports/Report.cs
index 9e5e30e..d1848f5 100644
--- a/02/RedNosedReports/Report.cs
+++ b/02/RedNosedReports/Report.cs
@@ -2,20 +2,13 @@ namespace RedNosedReports;
 
 class Report(List<int> levels)
 {
-  private readonly List<int> _levels = levels;
-
-  public string GetDebugOutput()
-  {
-    return $"{string.Join(' ', _levels)} {IsSafe()} {IsSafeWithProblemDampener()}";
-  }
-
   public bool IsSafe()
   {
-    for (var i = 0; i < _levels.Count - 1; i++)
+    for (var i = 0; i < levels.Count - 1; i++)
     {
-      var current = _levels[i];
-      var next = _levels[i + 1];
-
+      var current = levels[i];
+      var next = levels[i + 1];
+      
       if (HasExceededLimits(current, next) || HasChangedDirection(current, next))
       {
         return false;
@@ -27,11 +20,11 @@ class Report(List<int> levels)
 
   public bool IsSafeWithProblemDampener()
   {
-    for (var currentIndex = 0; currentIndex < _levels.Count - 1; currentIndex++)
+    for (var currentIndex = 0; currentIndex < levels.Count - 1; currentIndex++)
     {
       var nextIndex = currentIndex + 1;
-      var current = _levels[currentIndex];
-      var next = _levels[nextIndex];
+      var current = levels[currentIndex];
+      var next = levels[nextIndex];
       var directionChanged = HasChangedDirection(current, next);
 
       // problem dampener permits us to try to make
@@ -41,87 +34,74 @@ class Report(List<int> levels)
       // the limits we are going to attempt to see if
       // the levels will work if we remove one of the levels in
       // the current pair.
-      if (HasExceededLimits(current, next) || directionChanged)
+      if (HasExceededLimits(current, next) is false && directionChanged is false)
       {
-        // specific edge case where direction changes
-        // on the second pair of levels after the first
-        // pair is a valid.
-        // i.e. 43, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49
-        // in this case we should attempt to make levels
-        // work by removing first element so that we can
-        // essentially reset what the valid direction is.
-        if (directionChanged && currentIndex is 1)
-        {
-          var levelsWithoutFirstElement = _levels.ToList();
-          levelsWithoutFirstElement.RemoveAt(0);
-          var isSafeWithoutFirstElement = new Report(levelsWithoutFirstElement).IsSafe();
-
-          if (isSafeWithoutFirstElement)
-          {
-            return true;
-          }
-        }
-
-        // check if levels work without the current level
-        var levelsWithoutCurrent = _levels.ToList();
-        levelsWithoutCurrent.RemoveAt(currentIndex);
-        var isSafeWithoutCurrent = new Report(levelsWithoutCurrent).IsSafe();
-
-        if (isSafeWithoutCurrent)
-        {
-          return true;
-        }
-
-        // check if levels work without the next level
-        var levelsWithoutNext = _levels.ToList();
-        levelsWithoutNext.RemoveAt(nextIndex);
-        var isSafeWithoutNext = new Report(levelsWithoutNext).IsSafe();
-
-        if (isSafeWithoutNext)
-        {
-          return true;
-        }
-
-        // if won't work with all levels
-        // or without current or next then doesn't
-        // work at all.
-        return false;
+        continue;
       }
+
+      // specific edge case where direction changes
+      // on the second pair of levels after the first
+      // pair is a valid.
+      // i.e. 43, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49
+      // in this case we should attempt to make levels
+      // work by removing first element so that we can
+      // essentially reset what the valid direction is.
+      if (directionChanged && currentIndex is 1)
+      {
+        var levelsWithoutFirstElement = levels.ToList();
+        levelsWithoutFirstElement.RemoveAt(0);
+        var isSafeWithoutFirstElement = new Report(levelsWithoutFirstElement).IsSafe();
+
+        if (isSafeWithoutFirstElement)
+        {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // check if levels work without the current level
+      var levelsWithoutCurrent = levels.ToList();
+      levelsWithoutCurrent.RemoveAt(currentIndex);
+      var isSafeWithoutCurrent = new Report(levelsWithoutCurrent).IsSafe();
+
+      if (isSafeWithoutCurrent)
+      {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      // check if levels work without the next level
+      var levelsWithoutNext = levels.ToList();
+      levelsWithoutNext.RemoveAt(nextIndex);
+      var isSafeWithoutNext = new Report(levelsWithoutNext).IsSafe();
+
+      // we've exhausted ways that the levels might work
+      // so we can just return this check.
+      return isSafeWithoutNext;
     }
 
     return true;
   }
 
-  private bool HasExceededLimits(int current, int next)
+  private static bool HasExceededLimits(int current, int next)
   {
     var delta = Math.Abs(next - current);
-
-    if (delta > 3 || delta < 1)
-    {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
+    return delta is > 3 or < 1;
   }
 
   private bool HasChangedDirection(int current, int next)
   {
-    var direction = _levels[1] > _levels[0]
+    var direction = levels[1] > levels[0]
       ? Direction.Increasing
       : Direction.Decreasing;
 
     var isNextGreaterThanCurrent = next > current;
 
-    if (direction is Direction.Increasing && isNextGreaterThanCurrent is false)
+    switch (direction)
     {
-      return true;
+      case Direction.Increasing when isNextGreaterThanCurrent is false:
+      case Direction.Decreasing when isNextGreaterThanCurrent:
+        return true;
+      default:
+        return false;
     }
-
-    if (direction is Direction.Decreasing && isNextGreaterThanCurrent)
-    {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
   }
 }