Sera's assessment arrived on a Wednesday.

Not delivered verbally. Delivered as a document, written on the good paper from the Silvermoon supply run, in the small precise handwriting she had developed over the past weeks, covering four pages front and back with observations, diagrams, and specific recommendations.

Marina read it at the boundary stones.

It was thorough. It was accurate. It covered the eastern delegation's observable training methodology, the gaps she had identified from watching Sable's frequency work sessions with Luna, three structural improvements to the approach that she believed would produce faster development results, and a proposed assessment schedule for her first month in the eastern territories.

At the...