The elevated residual readings from the southern ward line reached the Guild before the day was over.
A priority packet arrived under formal courier in the late afternoon. Trevor accepted it at the door, dismissed the escort, and projected the contents the moment the wards locked.
The packet confirmed receipt of the escort completion data. Payment and operational history credit had already processed. More importantly, the structured drain field Frostbound had flagged during the engagement had been cross-referenced against the anomaly under the collapsed B-rank site. The two signatures shared enough residual markers that the higher-tier assessment team had expanded its scope. All secondary scars along the southern and northern ward lines were now under temporary observation. No new escort or recovery contracts would be issued in those sectors until the assessment produced a clearer threat profile.
Trevor closed the projection.
