The notice was slipped under the door.
Wren found it at 5:48 a.m. when she came back from the bathroom, before her shift, before coffee, before she had finished the particular daily negotiation of deciding to remain in a compound she had given herself eight months to leave.
It was a single page on official letterhead, the same cream stock the pack used for anything meant to feel institutional rather than personal.
Emergency Relocation Protocol — Southern Border Incident. The following residential members are assigned to temporary accommodation in the main Alpha wing effective immediately, pending resolution of active boundary assessment. Residents are requested to report with personal necessities by 0800. This assignment supersedes current residential arrangements for the duration of th
