diff --git a/forensic/src/interpret.rs b/forensic/src/interpret.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5088bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forensic/src/interpret.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+//! The blob-interpreter seam (roadmap §4.5 follow-up): a dependency-inversion
+//! contract so consumers can decode opaque `BLOB` values in schema context —
+//! `WebKit` Local Storage UTF-16, or the general [`blob-decoder`] crate (plist /
+//! gzip / JSON / …) — WITHOUT this reader library taking on any decode dependency
+//! or MSRV cost.
+//!
+//! [`blob-decoder`]: https://crates.io/crates/blob-decoder
+//!
+//! The library owns the *contract* + the *schema context* ([`BlobContext`]); a
+//! consumer supplies the *decoder* by implementing [`BlobInterpreter`]. Passing
+//! `None` is the default: unchanged behaviour, the raw bytes are surfaced as-is.
+//!
+//! Secure by design: [`Interpretation::lossy`] is a struct field, so a caller
+//! cannot render a lossy decode as a faithful one — the uncertainty is structural,
+//! not a side-channel warning.
+
+use sqlite_core::{decode_localstorage_value, is_local_storage_item_table, Value};
+
+/// The schema context a [`BlobInterpreter`] may use as a decoding prior — e.g. a
+/// known table/column ("this column holds UTF-16 Local Storage values") lifts a
+/// structural, low-confidence reading to a high-confidence one.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct BlobContext<'a> {
+    /// The table the record was attributed to, when known.
+    pub table: Option<&'a str>,
+    /// The column the value came from, when known.
+    pub column: Option<&'a str>,
+}
+
+/// A consumer-supplied decoding of an opaque `BLOB` value. The observation of what
+/// the bytes *are*, never a guarantee — [`lossy`](Self::lossy) records when the
+/// decode dropped or substituted data.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Interpretation {
+    /// The decoded, human-readable form of the value.
+    pub text: String,
+    /// A short label for the reading (e.g. `utf-16`, `bplist`, `gzip`).
+    pub kind: String,
+    /// Whether the decode was lossy (an unpaired surrogate, a truncated payload,
+    /// bytes substituted with U+FFFD). Structural, so a consumer cannot present a
+    /// lossy decode as faithful.
+    pub lossy: bool,
+    /// Heuristic confidence in `(0.0, 1.0]` that this reading is correct.
+    pub confidence: f32,
+}
+
+/// A consumer-supplied interpreter of opaque `BLOB` values. Implemented OUTSIDE
+/// this crate (a `blob-decoder` adapter, or the built-in Local Storage decoder) so
+/// the reader library carries no decode dependency.
+pub trait BlobInterpreter {
+    /// Interpret a `BLOB`'s bytes in the given schema context, or `None` when this
+    /// interpreter recognises nothing in them.
+    fn interpret(&self, bytes: &[u8], ctx: &BlobContext<'_>) -> Option<Interpretation>;
+}
+
+/// Confidence assigned when a BLOB is decoded under a matching schema-name prior
+/// (a `WebKit` Local Storage `ItemTable` column): the context makes UTF-16-LE the
+/// confident reading, not a coincidental structural match.
+const SCHEMA_MATCHED_CONFIDENCE: f32 = 0.95;
+
+/// The built-in, dependency-free [`BlobInterpreter`] for `WebKit`/Chromium Local
+/// Storage. A `.localstorage` `ItemTable.value` BLOB holds its string as raw
+/// UTF-16-LE (no BOM, no type byte); this decodes it — but ONLY when the schema
+/// context identifies the `ItemTable` column, which is the prior that makes the
+/// UTF-16-LE reading confident. An arbitrary BLOB is not this interpreter's job
+/// (that is the general `blob-decoder` adapter); it returns `None`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct LocalStorageInterpreter;
+
+impl BlobInterpreter for LocalStorageInterpreter {
+    fn interpret(&self, bytes: &[u8], ctx: &BlobContext<'_>) -> Option<Interpretation> {
+        // Fire only under the ItemTable schema-name prior — without it there is no
+        // evidence these bytes are UTF-16-LE rather than any other encoding.
+        if !ctx.table.is_some_and(is_local_storage_item_table) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let decoded = decode_localstorage_value(bytes);
+        Some(Interpretation {
+            text: decoded.text,
+            kind: "utf-16le".to_string(),
+            lossy: decoded.lossy,
+            confidence: SCHEMA_MATCHED_CONFIDENCE,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Apply `interpreter` to every `BLOB` in `values`, returning `(column_index,
+/// interpretation)` for each blob the interpreter recognised. Non-blob values are
+/// skipped. `interpreter == None` yields an empty result — the default, unchanged
+/// behaviour, so this passthrough is non-breaking for every existing caller.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn interpret_values(
+    values: &[Value],
+    ctx: &BlobContext<'_>,
+    interpreter: Option<&dyn BlobInterpreter>,
+) -> Vec<(usize, Interpretation)> {
+    let Some(interpreter) = interpreter else {
+        return Vec::new();
+    };
+    values
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .filter_map(|(i, value)| match value {
+            Value::Blob(bytes) => interpreter.interpret(bytes, ctx).map(|interp| (i, interp)),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
diff --git a/forensic/src/lib.rs b/forensic/src/lib.rs
index f2e1d2e..d34a523 100644
--- a/forensic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/forensic/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 pub mod blob;
 pub mod case_uco;
+pub mod interpret;
 
 use forensicnomicon::report::{
     Confidence, Evidence, Finding, Location, Observation, Severity, Source,
diff --git a/forensic/tests/blob_interpreter.rs b/forensic/tests/blob_interpreter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bebba55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forensic/tests/blob_interpreter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//! Step 1 of the blob-interpreter seam (dependency inversion): sqlite-forensic
+//! defines the *contract* for context-aware BLOB decoding — a `BlobInterpreter`
+//! trait plus `BlobContext`/`Interpretation` types — and a passthrough that
+//! applies an `Option<&dyn BlobInterpreter>` to a record's values. The library
+//! gains ZERO decoding dependencies and no MSRV cost; a consumer (blob-decoder
+//! adapter, or the built-in localstorage decoder) supplies the interpreter.
+//!
+//! This step proves the seam: an interpreter's `Interpretation` reaches the output
+//! when supplied, and `None` leaves the output empty (unchanged behaviour).
+
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used)]
+
+use sqlite_core::Value;
+use sqlite_forensic::interpret::{interpret_values, BlobContext, BlobInterpreter, Interpretation};
+
+/// A trivial test interpreter: any BLOB is "interpreted" as its byte length. Real
+/// interpreters (localstorage UTF-16, blob-decoder) live in consumers.
+struct ByteLen;
+
+impl BlobInterpreter for ByteLen {
+    fn interpret(&self, bytes: &[u8], _ctx: &BlobContext<'_>) -> Option<Interpretation> {
+        Some(Interpretation {
+            text: format!("{} bytes", bytes.len()),
+            kind: "bytelen".to_string(),
+            lossy: false,
+            confidence: 1.0,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn sample_values() -> Vec<Value> {
+    vec![
+        Value::Integer(7),
+        Value::Text("hello".to_string()),
+        Value::Blob(vec![0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF]),
+    ]
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn interpreter_reaches_only_the_blob_value() {
+    let values = sample_values();
+    let ctx = BlobContext {
+        table: Some("moz_places"),
+        column: None,
+    };
+    let out = interpret_values(&values, &ctx, Some(&ByteLen));
+
+    // Exactly the one BLOB (index 2) is interpreted; the int/text are skipped.
+    assert_eq!(out.len(), 1, "only the BLOB value is interpreted: {out:?}");
+    let (idx, interp) = &out[0];
+    assert_eq!(*idx, 2, "the BLOB is at column index 2");
+    assert_eq!(interp.text, "4 bytes");
+    assert_eq!(interp.kind, "bytelen");
+    assert!(!interp.lossy);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn none_interpreter_is_passthrough_no_interpretations() {
+    let values = sample_values();
+    let ctx = BlobContext {
+        table: None,
+        column: None,
+    };
+    let out = interpret_values(&values, &ctx, None);
+    assert!(
+        out.is_empty(),
+        "with no interpreter, behaviour is unchanged (no interpretations): {out:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn no_blobs_yields_no_interpretations_even_with_an_interpreter() {
+    let values = vec![Value::Integer(1), Value::Text("x".to_string()), Value::Null];
+    let ctx = BlobContext {
+        table: None,
+        column: None,
+    };
+    let out = interpret_values(&values, &ctx, Some(&ByteLen));
+    assert!(out.is_empty(), "no BLOB → nothing to interpret: {out:?}");
+}
diff --git a/forensic/tests/localstorage_interpreter.rs b/forensic/tests/localstorage_interpreter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01e57f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forensic/tests/localstorage_interpreter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+//! Step 2 of the blob-interpreter seam: the built-in [`LocalStorageInterpreter`]
+//! (no external deps) that decodes a `WebKit` Local Storage `ItemTable.value` BLOB —
+//! raw UTF-16-LE — using the schema-name context as the high-confidence prior.
+//! This is "schema context lifts a structural-Low reading to High" made concrete:
+//! an arbitrary blob is not our job (that's the blob-decoder adapter), but a blob
+//! from a known `ItemTable` column IS confidently UTF-16-LE.
+
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used)]
+
+use sqlite_forensic::interpret::{BlobContext, BlobInterpreter, LocalStorageInterpreter};
+
+/// UTF-16-LE bytes for an ASCII string (each char → 2 little-endian bytes).
+fn utf16le(s: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    s.encode_utf16().flat_map(u16::to_le_bytes).collect()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn decodes_item_table_blob_with_high_confidence() {
+    let interp = LocalStorageInterpreter;
+    let ctx = BlobContext {
+        table: Some("ItemTable"),
+        column: Some("value"),
+    };
+    let out = interp
+        .interpret(&utf16le("https://example.test/path"), &ctx)
+        .expect("an ItemTable BLOB must be interpreted");
+    assert_eq!(out.text, "https://example.test/path");
+    assert!(
+        out.kind.contains("utf-16"),
+        "kind names the encoding: {out:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(!out.lossy, "clean UTF-16-LE is not lossy");
+    assert!(
+        out.confidence >= 0.9,
+        "the ItemTable schema-name match is a high-confidence prior: {out:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn does_not_fire_without_the_item_table_context() {
+    // Without the ItemTable schema context there is no prior that the bytes are
+    // UTF-16-LE, so this interpreter recognises nothing (blob-decoder's job).
+    let interp = LocalStorageInterpreter;
+    let ctx = BlobContext {
+        table: Some("moz_places"),
+        column: Some("value"),
+    };
+    assert!(
+        interp.interpret(&utf16le("anything"), &ctx).is_none(),
+        "no ItemTable context → the localstorage interpreter must not fire"
+    );
+    // And with no table context at all.
+    let bare = BlobContext {
+        table: None,
+        column: None,
+    };
+    assert!(interp.interpret(&utf16le("x"), &bare).is_none());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn flags_a_lossy_decode() {
+    // An odd-length blob cannot be whole UTF-16-LE code units; the decode is lossy
+    // and the interpretation must say so (secure by design — never faithful).
+    let interp = LocalStorageInterpreter;
+    let ctx = BlobContext {
+        table: Some("ItemTable"),
+        column: None,
+    };
+    let mut bytes = utf16le("ok");
+    bytes.push(0x41); // trailing odd byte
+    let out = interp.interpret(&bytes, &ctx).expect("still interpreted");
+    assert!(
+        out.lossy,
+        "an odd-length UTF-16-LE blob is a lossy decode: {out:?}"
+    );
+}