"The old school cafeteria table looks remarkably humble for the birth of a continental constitution," Sir Owen remarked with a gentle smile, smoothing out the wide sheets of archival vellum across the polished oak boards.
"A kitchen table where working people share bread is far more honest than any golden throne in an imperial palace," Yeda replied softly, setting down a ceramic pot of freshly brewed mountain tea.
"Thirteen elected civic leaders and ten member-state delegates have taken their seats around the table," Vasa reported, adjusting the recording crystals mounted along the wooden walls.
"Every word spoken during this drafting session will be transcribed directly onto the public System registry in real time," Diana confirmed through the primary communications terminal.
"More than one billion six hundred million citizens across all ten member states are connected to the live audio stream right now," Jax noted from his security post by the cafeteria entrance.
