The independent crafter arrived carrying a cracked magnifying lens in a wooden case. He had been repairing ordinary hospital fittings when Sera’s request reached him. He looked first at the worker whose reference they wished to examine, then at Juno’s equipment.
“Who has already decided what I should find?”
“I have a result,” Juno said. “I haven’t shown it to you.”
“That wasn’t quite my question.”
Eli moved away from the comparison table. The crafter watched him go and seemed slightly less displeased. He asked the worker to describe which records belonged to him, when the earlier copy had been made, and who had handled it since. Kellan brought the rescue network’s acknowledgment log, with unrelated entries covered. The worker kept his present contract in his own hands.
The crafter read the steps Juno had written without reading her conclusion. At the second line he tapped the paper.
“You’re treating this edge as stable under correction.”
“Under a display refresh.”
