The midday board ran longer than usual.
Kaelara reviewed the decay report in full, line by line, then opened the floor to questions about the intentional sustained link.
Two residual technicians asked for clarification on the harmonic range and the expected variance under load. One outer-ring lead wanted confirmation that the link would not create secondary bleed during the next sweep cycle.
Elizabeth answered each point cleanly, citing the overnight data and the containment thresholds they had already verified. Aiden added the operational margins and the contingency protocols if the signature drifted outside the predicted band.
The residual lock between them stayed at its quiet baseline the entire time—visible to anyone who checked the ambient sensors, stable enough that no one treated it as a risk.
