Chapter 83

Aria's POV

The full coordinator meeting happened on a Thursday.

We had eight coordinators now, counting Desa representing the western hub. They joined from their respective territories through the message relay system we'd developed — not instantaneous, not elegant, but functional enough that a conversation could happen across distance if everyone committed to the timing.

I opened by acknowledging the framework amendment before anything else. Named what had happened with Corinna, named the gap in our process, presented the three proposals Beth and I had developed. Desa had already sent her formal draft of the consultation amendment, which I'd reviewed and approved and circulated the previous day.

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