Felix put the central return plan between them.
Not a surrender paper. Not an empty place for Severin’s seal.
A valve, its present load and the movement the next stage required.
“Otta first,” he said.
She gave the buffer level, the current return, valid acknowledgments and the next limit. The reference-side dispute had not made her less exact about any of them.
Severin pointed to the valve’s lag.
“Longer against the present barrier position. Use this part of the trace.”
Otta checked the physical record.
