NEVA POV
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The argument ran late into the night, the round table full and tense in a way it hadn't been since the twelve-day window.
"We don't know what she means by 'concerns your daughter,'" Ryke said, for the third time. "It could be anything. A threat dressed as information. A manipulation designed specifically to guarantee Neva's presence."
"It could also be genuine," Corva said. "Vesna wanted clarity, according to her own letter. If there's something in the historical record about the fourth convergence's significance that even Vesna's structure has documented—"
"Then she can send it to Mitch," Ryke said. "Documented. Verified. Not delivered in person to my bonded partner in a meeting we've already flagged as potentially dangerous."
"He's right that it's risky," Mitch said ca
