Hajin returned from Orin's practice basin before the afternoon bell, carrying Uriel's public marriage notice beneath his coat.
The temporary Witness Office had received another Flint document while he walked back from the eastern post.
Lana waited beside the service hatch with Marrick, while a guild courier completed three custody entries across the route ledger.
The envelope bore a Flint household seal, an inspection thread from its security office, and Dreth's field-censor stamp across one corner.
Someone had opened it inside the Flint estate, resealed it there, then opened it again beside the salt road.
"The vanguard clerk handed it to our trade relay," the courier said, signing the final transfer, "they required a receipt naming Lord Hajin."
"Did anyone alter it after your relay accepted custody?" Marrick asked, comparing every seal against the courier's route card.
