Renn wanted the vote before the wall moved again.
Iven wanted everyone who would be carried through the passage to know how it worked. Between them, the shelter representatives sat at a borrowed table while people tried to hear from the rows behind it.
Eli put Sera’s first sketch where they could see. Two potential exits, both marked with uncertainty. He did not draw an arrow to make one look inevitable.
“The wider one gives us room for stretchers,” Renn said. “We start there.”
“The wall beside it changed during the last check,” Iven replied. “If it narrows with people inside, room at the entrance won’t help.”
“And if we wait until every wall holds still, we stay forever.”
A representative for injured residents, a woman named Deva, asked them to stop using stretchers as a shape on the drawing.
“We need the turning space. We need to know where the powered units travel. We need bearers who can change over without leaving a person in the passage. Which route can do that?”
