Damien’s POV
She pulled the chair to the far side of the room and sat down. Not beside the bed. Across from it — deliberate, precise, the correct distance for where we were. I understood it without needing it explained and I didn't argue with it. I spread Rhen's documents across the blanket instead: the petition, the forged physician assessment, the procedural timeline, the mole's employment record, the watch post report, the Vorreth connection.
Everything. All of it visible. She leaned forward and started reading.
Not a skim. A real read — eyes moving with purpose, nothing glossed over, the processing happening in real time. She went through the petition first, cover to cover. Then the physician assessment. She held the assessment for a moment with something moving through her expressi
