By the time Jian reached the store, Sera’s closure mark had acquired three explanations.
She was paid to find faults. The rack had never fallen. The empty space would be pictured in an outside report as proof that Solitude could not manage its own supplies.
The third concern was the real one.
Jian let the workers finish speaking, then checked the witness line against the diagonal brace.
The lean remained measurable. The mixed upper load exceeded the bay’s rating. The temporary support secured it, but a secured defect did not become an adequate rack because an outsider had been the first to name it.
He placed his own closure mark beside Sera’s.
One worker looked away.
Felix stood near the cleared entrance. He did not ask Jian to reconsider the wording.
