The envoy’s first draft contained the word coerced.
She read it aloud beside the records table while Ilyan searched for the old transfer designation. The word came between the released worker’s name and the chamber reference, carrying a conclusion the broken listening record had not been able to complete.
Ilyan looked up.
“He said he was threatened,” he told her.
“He said his relative was held.”
“Yes.”
“And the route matches. He knew the sealed maintenance turn.”
“That supports who he was. It doesn’t finish the account of what happened there.”
