Tomas put the original dispatch order on the advocate’s table and kept his hands beside it until she asked whether the examiner could lift it.
“I’ve written on the back,” he said. “Arrival times, the clock sources, who received it. The front is what came out of the vehicle printer.”
The advocate photographed both sides before the examiner touched either. Tomas had brought the incomplete printer strip too. Its torn edge and jammed line were not evidence of a plot. They were part of explaining why two printouts existed and which he had used to confirm the assignment.
Anet attended with a family representative. Tessa came as the relief contact who had arranged the appointment. Juno had been invited for the technical request the order would raise. Eli sat at the end of the table with his present-document notes. The independent observer reminded everyone that the driver’s consent to this meeting did not extend to a public appearance.
Tomas had spoken privately with the advocate first. His wages and future shifts depended on a dispatch office whose signed order he was now questioning. The advocate had explained the inquiry’s process and recorded his request that unrelated employment and family details remain outside the public copy. The original would be available to authorized investigators under a receipt.
