Bramwell's POV
The mobile council presence proposal passed.
Eight to eight initially, which required Ellina to exercise the capital observer's tiebreaking provision — and she voted yes, with the particular expression of a woman who has been waiting for the right opportunity to use a procedure she's been carrying for two years.
Mira received this news in the council chamber and did not visibly react, which was impressive for a twelve-year-old and which she later admitted had required more concentration than the presentation itself.
The first mobile presence session was held in the Thornwall territory three months later.
Petra Vane's contact network had organized six displaced families to meet with the oversight body's representative — Lyssa, making her first mobile session, with Corvan
