The weeks following Meridian's conditional reauthorization proceeded with genuine, sustained rhythm — the new Ambassador cohort, now several weeks into their intensive training, beginning careful, supervised participation in the continued vigil rotation alongside experienced personnel, while Meridian's fifteen-day reporting requirement provided regular occasion for comprehensive, honest assessment of Threnody's continued trajectory.
"I want to present the accumulated three-week data," Dr. Chen said, addressing the reconvened council with characteristic thoroughness during what had become the crisis's regular progress review. "Every metric we've tracked continues demonstrating sustained, measurable improvement — not merely the immediate stabilization following our earlier breakthrough, but continued, consistent development across every subsequent monitoring period."
