Seraphina was still at the settlement.
She hadn't said when she was leaving. Satou hadn't asked. She was present and functional and contributing specific things that were useful — primarily the political intelligence from her territory's vantage point, which had shown her things about the Caldris aftermath that Senna's relay hadn't captured.
"The administrative record filed," Seraphina said, two weeks after the birth.
"Caldris's," Satou said.
"Three days ago," she said. "My territory's contact in the Church's administrative structure confirmed it. The record is honest — consistent with everything Cael predicted Caldris would write." She paused. "The hierarchy received it six days ago and has been in session since."
"Deliberating," Satou said.
