Dean pointed at the last two lines. "Why is that there? Nero is an enigma. He does not need stabilization like a dominant alpha or a sigma."
The room stilled.
Not because the concept was unfamiliar.
It was the opposite.
Everyone in that room knew stabilization.
Their families had lived inside the practical realities of secondary-gender biology for generations, not as temple doctrine, but as something felt in the body, managed in families, planned around in war rooms, and respected by anyone with enough sense to survive beast season.
Dominant alphas could destabilize under rut pressure, especially during prolonged conflict or pheromonal injury. Sigmas could be worse, because their systems did not follow ordinary dominant patterns and could turn violently without an anchor.
Which was exactly why the line on the projection was wrong.
