Bram had to wait while the council decided whether his request belonged on the emergency agenda.
Through the door he could hear a discussion about available vehicles. He knew that subject was not less urgent because he was waiting with photographs of dangerous instruments. He also knew each minute made the request harder to satisfy before the copied activation time. The clerk offered him a chair. He stayed standing until Sera asked whether his legs were going to help the evidence speak.
When they were admitted, Eli took a place behind Bram rather than beside the council table. Tessa remained at the hospital contact line. Her transport window would open and close while other people debated what the team had seen.
Bram laid out the evidence in the order it had been acquired: the public delivery intervals, the independent observation, the photographs from the delivery passage, and the preparation note. He did not identify the worker who had described sealed crates. He stated that the internal entry had not been authorized by the depot, and that no instruments or medical supplies had been removed.
A council member asked whether their presence might have altered the machinery.
“Juno says neither of them touched it,” Bram said. “The images show where she stood. We can’t prove no one noticed the entry afterward.”
