The council dedicated the following two days to comprehensive assessment, drawing extensively on Thornwake's generations of accumulated, painful documentation regarding the Skein's specific capabilities and historical patterns.
"I want to present our civilization's complete historical archive," Kharn said, addressing the assembled representatives with visible, difficult effort. "Every documented encounter across generations, everything my people's careful, sustained record-keeping has preserved regarding this threat's genuine nature."
Dr. Chen and Sekar worked through this accumulated documentation with characteristic thoroughness, cross-referencing every historical detail against whatever technical assessment their own monitoring continued providing.
