Two minutes and forty-one seconds left.
Every witness node carried the same question.
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WHICH OF YOU IS THE CITY?
```
Rina pointed at Soma's timing grid.
"Break the clock."
"How far?"
"Every node gets its own delay. No shared interval. Nobody answers the question. Keep talking about local harm."
Soma pushed random timing windows into the public chain.
Aldgate received eleven seconds.
Ward Nine received thirty-seven.
Ninth Harbor received four.
Iseul's hospital board received fifty-three.
The safe-house copy waited six seconds, then chose twelve on its own.
The Array question lost its chorus.
Sovereign Safety filed the seizure order at one minute fifty-eight.
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OUTSIDE SIGNAL CONTAMINATION ACTIVE.
SEIZE:
ORIGINAL RECORD
PUBLIC RECORD COPIES
BOOKSHOP RELAYS
HOSPITAL BOARDS
LOCAL WITNESS DEVICES
```
Sam read the order and opened the Record.
"They still think copies are objects."
June heard him through Aldgate's window phone.
"Give me the short version."
