Three authorizations hit the central register together before its private compartment finally released Gazel's covenant.
Atheron's seal engaged first, then Hajin's commission and both recorders' signatures, while every neighboring guard record stayed locked up tight. Didi sat beside her suspension marker as both monitors checked the access against her verified source identity beneath the register.
Hajin rested his wrapped left hand on the back of her chair, keeping his slung right arm out of it.
"Three keys for one drawer," he muttered, squinting at the brass, "your palace really hates letting anybody read anything."
"It hates letting me read anything."
Before they entered, Ferra copied the blood-lock's purge connection for the engineers, keeping it safely beside the child's medical pipe. Roen reported steadier breathing at the listening contact, with guards held below while the file offered another way past force.
