Tovan asked Martin to stay while he opened the decision.
It was later that afternoon, and sunlight reached across his infirmary table. His route sketch lay beneath a paperweight, finished except for the supply team's acknowledgment. Tovan moved it aside and enlarged the registry notice until he could read the examiner's name at the bottom.
Rias joined through the official consultation window. The examiner had completed the comparison of his challenge, verified identity, registration action, and the seized job records. His extracted plate supplied the physical connection between the claimed recognition and what had been done to his body.
The decision named the submission as fraudulent.
Tovan read that line twice before opening the correction beneath it.
[Fraudulent Bond Registration: Annulled]
[Consent Record: Corrected. No Consent Given]
[Veylan Croft's Recall Authority over Tovan: Revoked]
