Chapter 284 --284
’Mahir.’
’The collar framework transition was completed today. One hundred and twenty knights. Full disclosure. The charter is in the official record. The secondary monitoring data is documented. Shen told them himself, which was the right way for it to happen.’
’The working list has twenty-six open items. I have institutional standing to complete fourteen of them. Ken arrived tonight. Caius has an advisory role with the current authority. The succession framework work begins tomorrow.’
’These are the operational facts. I’m telling them to you because you’ve been reading the relay reports for eleven months and the facts belong to you as much as anyone.’
’This is not the operational part of the relay.’
’I have been in this capital for three days and I have not sent you a personal relay in three days and the reason for that is not operational and I have been aware of the reason and have been filing it under things I don’t know how to categorize and that has been accurate and also insufficient.’
’The system told me that the yes without qualification is new. It said this after I accepted the function the administrative director offered. It was right. Something has changed in how I approach decisions. I’m not certain what exactly changed or when. I think it has been changing for a long time and I am only now having the vocabulary to notice it.’
’I’m telling you this because you are the person I think of when I think of things that have changed in me. Not the only person. But the specific person when it comes to this specific kind of change. I have been aware of this for longer than I have been willing to write it down.’
’The eastern operations are well managed. Lilian is capable. Liang Meridian does not require your presence there.’
’I would like you to come to the capital.’
’Not as an operational requirement. Not because there is an item on the working list that requires your specific capacity, though there are several that would benefit from it.’
’Because I want you here.’