Chapter 463 - 462: What the Gate Says
Location:Seven Peaks — Main Gate, Verdant Spire Corridor, Medicine Hall, Lin Yue’s Office
Date/Time:TC1855.06.04
Lin Yue was at the gate an hour before Lira’s transport was due.
She didn’t wait visibly — she stood in the observation alcove above the processing line, where the formation lights cast the same amber glow regardless of what was happening below, and where a person could watch the gate arch without appearing to watch anything at all. She wore her standard Medicine Hall robes. Her hands were clasped behind her back. Her posture was composed.
Raven found her there and stood beside her without comment. Some vigils didn’t need narration.
"The transport from the eastern district left at dawn," Lin Yue said. "Twelve passengers. Lira is on it."
"You checked."
"I checked three times." A pause. "The relay network confirmed her departure at 06:14. She was carrying a satchel of patient files and what the relay operator described as ’an unreasonable quantity of formation slates.’"
"That sounds like Lira."
"It sounds like my student." Lin Yue’s voice was steady. Her hands, behind her back where Raven couldn’t see them, were very still.
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