They returned to the main levels in time for the midday board. The central chamber held more people than it had that morning. Watch captains stood along one side of the primary table. Residual technicians clustered near the slate racks with their reports already open.
Two outer-ring leads had come in from the perimeter and waited with their arms folded. Kaelara stood at the head of the table and began as soon as the last person settled.
She ran the meeting the way she always did. First came ward integrity. The northern arc still showed minor fluctuations from the earlier breach, but the secondary lattices had locked them down. Readings sat within tolerance.
The eastern and western sections held steady. No new stress points had appeared since the overnight recalibration. Kaelara marked each point on the central slate and moved on without pause.
