Day 128. 7:42 AM. Transit Bridge — Academy to Aldenmere.
Three days had passed.
The Silvermite payment arrived in the research fund transfer at 9:17 AM. I confirmed receipt and sent Seraphina the precise geological coordinates — latitude, depth, directional bearing from the Greywood's northeast survey boundary in the format the Solaris trade department's assay division used for preliminary location reports.
The information moved through the family's commercial channel, not through the academy's standard communication system.
Afternoon:
Seraphina reported back from the Solaris ISS contact.
Vorn's investigation file was active and had been elevated to priority status following the updated evidence package.
The ISS regional office had dispatched a field assessment team. Estimated arrival at the academy: five to eight days.
Five to eight days.
I had sat with that number for a while. On one side: good.
