The senior authority did not enter the archive wing immediately.
Instead, the door panel spoke before the people behind it did.
"By order of the Governance Office, the archive wing is hereby placed under restricted movement pending review of the continuity record. All staff are to remain in place and preserve the current state of the record."
Wolf gave a low snort. "That is the first time I have heard 'remain in place' sound like a threat."
Pax glanced at his tablet, then up at the sealed door. "They are formalising a containment status. That means the review team is already treating the record as an event, not a misunderstanding."
Dr Sane did not speak at once. Her hand remained on the witness copy, fingers lightly resting against the ledger edge. Fang could feel the tension in her, not as panic, but as the discipline required to keep the room from becoming an argument before the argument had even begun.
