Nora Pell's statement arrived as six lines and one mistake.
The mistake came first.
Ty saved Mr. Hollis.
Jade reached for the tablet before the route could swallow the sentence whole. Waddell was already there, blocking the statement from the public feed and opening it inside the shelter review pane.
"Hold the statement inside the shelter review pane."
Tessa's phone stayed pointed at the floor. Her bandaged hand had gone still beside the frame.
Caelin read the line twice and looked sick. "She means the face she saw while bleeding."
Waddell kept his hand on the block. "She wrote Ty, and the route will like that."
"She was bleeding when she saw the face."
"The route will like that part less than the mistake."
Jade took the tablet from him. The hospital text system showed a nurse's verification stamp, Nora's initials, and a note that the statement had been typed through assisted communication. Short answers. Limited strain. No video.
Jade took no video like water.
