Jiang refused to let the first response speak.
Signature one offered thirty seconds of raw voice, identity claims, route claims, and unbounded custody effects. A true speaker could answer through it. So could the External Alternate Witness, an old recording, or anyone holding a compatible archive.
They needed a response that proved someone current had received the challenge without deciding who that person was.
[SIGNATURE1 RESPONSE DESIGN]
[Raw interval00:30]
[Voice required0]
[Name required0]
[Body claim required0]
[Fresh source challenge required1]
[Physical timestamp required1]
[Automatic closure required1]
[Custody effect required0]
Aylin placed three copper chips in an empty cup. One chip carried one cut, one carried two, and one carried three. The cuts had been made during the labyrinth mapping and had never crossed an Earth-linked route.
"I choose the order after the response opens," she said.
