The sitting room had been set up before Gio and Daryll arrived.
Nothing formal. The table between the seats was cleared. Two tablets sat on top, both already on. Arianne sat on one side, back straight, one arm resting along the edge of the chair. Franz stood to her right, close enough to reach the table without moving.
The door opened.
Gio came in first. He walked straight to the table, put his device down, and looked at the screens already open—taking everything in before he said a word.
Daryll came in behind him. He set a folder on the table, then a tablet beside it. He was already talking before he sat down.
"We went through everything again."
"And?" Gio said.
Daryll turned the tablet toward Arianne and Franz. The screen showed a detailed report—timestamps, access records, internal file paths.
"The source goes back to the campaign archive. The raw files. Not the edited versions."
Arianne scanned the screen once, looking at the overall layout before the details.
