Rook offered the council an answer before the covered vehicle’s dust had settled on the public road.
He would investigate the shipments. His security reports would be made available to the council. Aegis personnel already near the depots could secure the relevant sites and return a rapid account. The offer included a deadline, a contact officer, and a place for seized records to be held.
It was more complete than anything else on the table.
Sera laid the departure account beside it.
“A vehicle left while the access was being closed,” she said. “We request preservation of its authorization and route, and independent access to the initial search record.”
Rook read the time without changing expression.
“Site traffic does not stop being necessary because an inquiry is proposed.”
“We haven’t said the movement was illicit. We’re asking that it be accounted for.”
