The attempt was scheduled for the following morning, giving the assembled task force sufficient time to establish every safeguard the council's careful deliberation had specified, while remaining fast enough to honor the genuine urgency Threnody's accelerating deterioration continued demanding.
Rama, Sekar, and Nakamura gathered at the primary junction alongside Dr. Chen's monitoring equipment, Voss's automated safeguard infrastructure, and representatives from every framework civilization observing through their respective connections — Sohrn present through Meridian's own established link, Kharn and Solthai monitoring remotely given their civilizations' continued, distinct roles within this genuinely unprecedented undertaking.
