The Triangle did not announce its next move.
That alone confirmed what Dreyden already knew.
Institutions only announced decisions when they were confident those decisions would be accepted. Silence meant uncertainty—and uncertainty meant they were testing, not declaring.
The morning after the leak, Oversight convened without convening.
No emergency summons.
No high-visibility meetings.
No public adjustments.
Instead, the academy's internal rhythms changed.
Subtly.
Precisely.
Everywhere.
It began with instructors.
Not dismissals—those were too loud.
Not replacements—too traceable.
Instead, instructors rotated out of sequence.
A combat theory specialist took over a practical assessment block.
A logistics analyst appeared in a mental resilience lecture.
An ethics moderator—rare, almost ceremonial—was assigned to observe a live evaluation without speaking.
None of them announced authority.
They didn't need to.
Presence was enough.
