Martin Reeve asked to see the photograph before he answered the question.
The inquiry advocate turned the image toward him. It showed the lower room from the service doorway: the transparent display, three housings along the wall and the alcove where the maintenance workers had been trapped. Reeve had entered with the second response team after the first group sent the lift back. His treating medic had now cleared him to give a limited statement.
“I saw that room,” he said. “The alarm was sounding when the doors opened. There was a construct near the exit.”
“Did you know what the central device did?”
“No.”
“Did you know who built it?”
“No.”
Reeve’s voice remained level, but he kept one hand pressed against his side. Tessa sat where she could see him without being part of the panel. The medic had provided the inquiry with a statement of the treatment timeline and the limits on Reeve’s participation. Tessa’s own notes showed when she had assessed him after the disturbance and when another medic took over. They did not establish what he had known before entering the chamber.
