The warning pulse gave Ferra no reason to hurry into the western wall. She returned to the false service door with Hajin, two royal recorders, a guard escort, and one palace structural clerk.
Didi remained beyond the gold foundation line with the missing-worker ledger. Juna guarded the restricted route behind her, while Vella stayed beside the sealed infirmary basin.
"The pulse went behind the nullstone, and the drain will tell us if the wall changes before the guards notice." Vella kept her gloved hands above the basin while she reported.
Ferra measured the distance between the medical route and the modern brace. Then she placed four blank custody receipts on the lower stair.
One receipt covered the modern brace, and another covered its fasteners. The third covered anything hidden beneath the plate, and the fourth recorded a replacement support if the wall required one.
