The Council's formal proposal arrived in the way of things that have been negotiated in advance and require only the final paperwork — already shaped, already internally agreed, submitted through official channels as a formality that everyone understood was not actually a formality.
Formal stabilization partnership between the Internal Council and the Bond Network of House Elion.
Lyra read the title aloud and set it down.
"They named us," she said.
"They needed something to put on the document," Kaelith replied.
"The Bond Network of House Elion," Aria said. "That's—actually quite accurate."
"It's accurate and insufficient," Soren said. The perspective anchor observing from the high view, as always. "It names the institution and the location. It doesn't name the function."
"The function doesn't fit in a document title," Adrian said.
