Wuchen met Yan in the garden office after the institute visit. Qinghe came with him, carrying the clinical observations she had permission to share. The garden was quiet. A gardener clipped a vine beyond the open arch, and the kettle steamed on the low table.
“Do you know why the Ashfall pulse records disagree?” Wuchen asked.
“I’ve seen the readings,” Yan said. “I don’t know the reason.”
Wuchen laid two pulse cards beside each other. “This earlier reading shows an interruption. This later one shows a steadier path. There is no physician entry between them.”
Yan examined the marks. “Was I injured between the readings?”
“Not according to the record.”
“Then the record is missing context. I was under the restraint array.”
“Was that written down?”
