The summit invitation called them an independent operational team.
Kellan read the phrase three times and asked the organizer what work it required.
“Participation in the technical sessions,” she said. “Advice on corridor response and barrier observation. Availability for urgent assignments arising from the summit.”
“What assignments?”
“We can’t predict an emergency.”
“Then you can’t put unlimited work under a word like availability.”
Eli shifted beside him. The invitation had arrived because of the river corridor and Juno’s research, and he had seen in it the first real opportunity to answer Rook before people empowered to choose. Kellan saw hours, risk and a contract written to make those things somebody else’s problem.
Both could be true. They still needed the terms before anyone signed.
