Valen approved of the exhibit table.
It had a clean surface, separate places for admitted and unexamined material, and a rule forbidding cups beside open packets.
He moved his own cup to the permitted shelf before anyone had to mention it.
Registrar Iven Sorn checked his academy credential against Bellwater’s appointment record.
“Technical exhibit review,” the registrar said. “The local office retains preservation authority.”
“Understood.”
Valen placed the Gannet Reach envelope on the unexamined side.
“Received through the recorded city route. Indexed and certified at the academy. My statement covers that copy and its handling. The observed engineering belongs to the city witnesses named inside.”
