Rhosyn followed the second aide. The first man Kesh had sent away from the recovery office went toward harbour administration, while the second took the eastern stair and moved through two Tide checkpoints without showing a paper.
She stayed far enough behind that she only saw him at turns. The extra soldiers Corvyn had posted made the route difficult, but they were watching doors and crossings rather than the narrow maintenance spaces running beside them.
The aide descended three more levels, and the walls changed from finished stone to exposed support ribs and pressure piping. There were no offices here, only numbered doors, pump controls and old access corridors built into Meraval's lower foundation.
The man stopped at a steel door without a number. Two Tide guards stood outside it, and after a brief exchange one handed him a key cylinder and let him inside.
