The neighboring coast’s first report arrived as a request to check a clock.
Its operators had observed a pressure change near their gate during the interval of the coastal surge. They wanted the harbor’s timestamp and measurement range before calling the events related. Their instrument recorded less frequently, and one message had crossed a delayed network. The apparent coincidence could not be tightened merely because a shared threat would explain the fear now moving between offices.
Juno supplied the local record through the authority with its alignment method. She did not adjust either trace to make the peaks agree. By noon a second coastline had reported an unusual change and an effect on its working perimeter. The intervals overlapped broadly enough to require coordination. They did not yet establish precise synchronization or its mechanism.
The harbor authority called an international planning session.
Sera entered with the local scout contact, whose current route folder was already worn at the corners. Neither carried a national delegation’s badge. They had been invited to speak about evacuation access and the work restrictions around the gate. Their authority began and ended with information they could support.
At the head of the table, an official was trying to decide which country’s procedure governed the recovered bodies. Another delegate asked which country’s emergency powers applied if activity at one gate changed another coastline’s conditions. Someone else wanted to know who would reimburse a vessel held ready while those questions were debated.
