Vivienne found her name at the bottom of the continuity plan, exactly where she had asked the clerk to put it.
It should have reassured her.
Routine operators filled the first section. Replacement crews filled the second. The technical inspection arrangements occupied a page of their own. Then, beneath a firm black line, came her name and the phrase ultimate reserve maintainer.
A council member read it aloud.
“When does that shift begin?”
“When the ordinary provisions are insufficient,” Vivienne said.
“How often?”
“As required.”


