The senior steward’s face was a study in controlled fury. Her formal party of twenty stood in neat ranks while Ryn, still standing in the workshop doorway, finished the last required clause in a clear carrying voice.
“—and under section fourteen, subsection three, any seizure of unlicensed memory infrastructure must be preceded by public reading of the full declaration, witnessed signatures from three independent guild representatives, and a waiting period of one full canal tide cycle. Failure to observe these steps renders the action void and exposes the initiating stewards to formal censure.”
Elene, Tovan, and a southern glasswright who had stayed after the fight promptly stepped forward as the three required guild witnesses. They looked entirely too pleased. The senior steward had no
