The joint session had been running for forty minutes.
They were working through the broadband contract's initial implementation framework—the operational structure, the Rora AI integration points, the specific division of responsibility between the two companies that would need to be formalized before the federal paperwork moved to the next stage. It was detailed work, the kind that required full attention and produced results in increments rather than breakthroughs, and Aurora had been giving it her full attention.
Patricia Hale had a question about the data management protocols. Aurora was mid-answer when she heard it.
