Location:Seven Peaks — Verdant Spire, Command Center
Date/Time:TC1854.11.22
Kael requested the meeting through Thorne.
Not through the diplomatic scheduling system — through Thorne directly, which was itself a message. The scheduling system existed for institutional business: trade negotiations, reconstruction timelines, and the administrative choreography of two civilizations learning to share a border. Personal requests went through Thorne because Thorne understood the wall between Kael and Raven and could negotiate its door with the professional care of a man who had spent 16 years managing access to things that needed managing.
Thorne arranged it for 10:00. Command center. Formation-sealed. "She'll see you. She was expecting the request."
