Dael's three days became four.
Not because the pattern was unclear — because Dael wanted to be certain before presenting something this significant. The documentation covering the full withdrawal directionality analysis, the western territory node data Nara was sending, the historical records cross-referenced against every field report and correction worker account in the archive.
On the fourth morning Dael came to the kitchen table.
Set the documentation down.
Sat.
He sat across from them.
"Tell me," he said.
