Nara found it in four hours.
The Framework Memory running at full Rank 3 capacity through the deep node records — the pre-withdrawal layer, the historical data that had been becoming more legible as the between-space returned, now accessible at the depth that the door opening had produced.
She found it and called him to the archive immediately.
He arrived to find her at the center table with the node data displayed in the between-space architecture the Framework Memory projected — not language, the System's honest record expressed as quality that his between-space awareness could read directly.
"The pre-withdrawal era," she said. "The historical records." She paused. "The between-space fragments didn't first appear when the door opened."
He looked at her.
