The inner containers had handles of their own.
Tessa lifted one just far enough to see the cradle beneath it, then set it back. The transparent seal ran across the lid and down the side; no part of it joined the container to the outer rail. Renn checked the number against the instruction card while his carrying specialist examined the fitted guide.
“Designed to come out,” the specialist said.
“Without breaking that,” Renn replied, touching the air above the seal.
Tessa showed the movement again with everyone able to see. Release the retaining tab, slide the unit clear along its guide, lift at the marked grips. The individual contents remained closed. The outer frame was a carrier, broad and inconvenient, and the numbered sealed units were the load the card required them to return.
It still left a judge between them and the points.
“We can document why we read it that way,” Eli said. “I can’t make the panel agree from here.”
Renn studied the inspection corridor. “Then document all of it.”
