Location:Seven Peaks — Shadow Pavilion Office, Command Center
Date/Time:TC1855.04.02-05
Naida's map had too many lines on it.
The Shadow Pavilion office sat two levels below the Verdant Spire — windowless, three exits, the air kept cool by formation channels that Silas had threaded through the stone at her specific request. Naida worked better in the cold. Warm rooms made her want to sleep, and sleep was something she did when the map stopped producing questions.
The map hadn't stopped in weeks.
It covered the eastern wall — a physical map, not formation-projected, because formation displays could be intercepted, and physical paper could be burned. Pins marked the crescent settlements: thirty-one cases, color-coded by confirmation status. Red for scanner-confirmed. Amber for lattice-flagged. Grey for suspected. Blue for the three at Ashford Crossing.
The new lines were green. Travel routes.
