The assistant kept looking at the empty mounting.
Vivienne let him look once more.
“Read the return gauge.”
He started, then gave the current state.
“That still has a job,” she said.
The plain cabinet remained sealed after the recorded removal. The local operator checked the witness mark and confirmed that no replacement forcing link had been fitted. Beyond the cover, White Crown’s ordinary path was working under its measured limit.
Slower shared replies.
A narrower margin.
