Mara Bell arrived with every paper the window required.
She laid them on the cart’s clear board in the order the inspectors would request them. Lyra checked the sack marks against the manifest while the driver adjusted the cover.
The grain was ordinary food. The cart had reached the holding space inside the posted essential window. The clearance had a current seal.
Mara entered the arrival time in the delivery ledger.
The driver pointed toward the lower route.
“I need to leave by then. Another contract, and this cover isn’t mine after the hired interval.”
Lyra wrote the time beside the arrival.
“We’ll keep that visible.”
