The glass did not close after the rescue comparison.
Deep-Current Emperor remained behind it with a projected return forty-nine seconds better than the one Jiang had achieved. Polar Warden stood beside that outline. Aylin's Crown Physician and White Road Sovereign waited on the opposite wall.
Four useful bodies had been refused for four different reasons.
The floor placed their records around a fifth empty position.
[CONSEQUENCE LEDGER]
[Issuer:Physical Essence Labyrinth, Zone Two]
[Event:refused-body utility acquired measurable outcome]
[Evidence sources:offer records4 | exterior rescue outcome1]
[Candidate comparison material:witness7]
[Available claim:unchosen utility can be witnessed]
[Unavailable claims:soul | identity | intent | relationship | authority | debt]
[Current payer:none]
The empty position was not shaped for a penguin or a human. It was a narrow rail ending at the sealed tray where the seven-percent witness had been returned.
Jiang read the claim twice.
