The sealed command annex lay beneath the terminal report already examined, preserving Gazel's own field assessment inside the sovereign's private archive.
The King broke the annex's separate wax seal with his signet ring, carefully opening the yellowed parchment across the table.
Hajin stood quietly beside Didi, keeping his right arm immobilized in clean linen wraps under Vella's strict instructions.
The certified parchment recording Didi's pristine sovereign frequency rested beside the weathered military dossier in the quiet lamplight.
Her authentic monarch current endured three unbroken breaths without foreign aid, while Gazel's borrowed route carried him beyond the cycle.
Both court scribes verified the official seal, preparing fresh ink ribbons to document the unsealed imperial record.
The opening leaves outlined defensive carriage alignments, training evaluations, and threat projections from the captain's final year of service.
