NEVA POV
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The last week before the testimony had a texture I recognized from every significant threshold this compound had crossed — not crisis, not celebration, something suspended between the two. The specific held-breath quality of a family who had built toward something enormous and could finally see the shape of the finish line without yet being able to touch it.
Ziko channeled his nervous energy into logistics with a thoroughness that even Mitch found impressive.
"I've mapped the travel route," he announced at breakfast, spreading a printed itinerary across the table with the specific pride of a man who had found the perfect outlet for anxiety he refused to name directly. "Rest stops, timing, contingencies for weather. I've also built a seating chart for the chamber based on o
