The worker wanted the board kept where he could see it.
Tessa moved the stool rather than asking him to turn. He sat with one leg stretched along a low support, a local healer beside him and his work board propped against the wall. Chalk lines divided it into three gate connections and a set of maintenance intervals. He had carried it through the pressure wave that injured him. One corner was missing.
“This is not for taking away,” he told her through the healer’s practical translation.
“No,” Tessa said. “I need your permission before I use any part of your account. We can treat the leg without it.”
“Treat first.”
She did.
The medical truce required another patient choice, not an assumption that Savin’s agreement covered everyone. This worker accepted an ordinary examination with the healer present. The automatic-recording kit remained outside. He allowed a care note in the healer’s own book and asked that no name appear on a surface warning. Ilyan, who had come to check the account’s permitted use, recorded that limit separately.
Tessa examined the injured leg and the bruising along the worker’s side. He described being thrown against a support when a pulse traveled through the passage. The local healer had treated him afterward and could identify the first examination time from her notes. She showed the relevant mark with the worker’s permission, covering the other patients’ entries on the page.
