CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: WHAT CANNOT BE DELEGATED
CHAPTER 21 — WHAT CANNOT BE DELEGATED The first disagreement did not arrive as conflict. It arrived as hesitation. In the eastern habitation ring, a corridor light failed to brighten on schedule. The delay was minor—barely perceptible—but it meant that the evening maintenance cycle would overlap with the start of second shift. Two crews would cross paths in a space designed for one. Normally, Haven would have adjusted. It would have rerouted one team, altered lighting elsewhere, smoothed the overlap into invisibility. It did not. The work order remained open, unmodified. No suggestion appeared beside it. No priority tag nudged it forward. The crews noticed. They stood facing one another in the corridor, tools slung low, the light above them still half-dim. No one spoke at first. T
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