Reeve’s earlier authorization contained the same flaw in its lower curve.
Juno found it after the second comparison, when the examination room was quiet enough for everyone to hear the fan inside the reader. She enlarged the two signature patterns on separate screens and marked the irregularity: a narrow notch followed by a short, uneven return to the baseline.
“The overall patterns are similar because they use the same credentials,” she said. “This smaller feature is repeated in the same position and sequence.”
A second examiner, Ysolde, checked the supplied authorization exports independently. She used a different comparison tool and received the same result. Both examiners recorded their methods and the limitations of the sample. They did not claim that a visual match alone could identify the person who had caused it.
Reeve sat at the end of the table with the disputed authorization and his earlier signed records. He had provided the earlier records voluntarily under documented custody. His medic had cleared him for the session with breaks, and Tessa watched from the witness seats in case his pain increased.
“The earlier one is mine,” Reeve said. “I approved the routine service test.”
“And the disputed action?” the advocate asked.
