The email arrived at seven-fourteen.
The same time as always. Tobias kept his own timing.
*The Records has completed its five hundredth case review. Of the 500 cases: 284 have resulted in formal legal challenges. 251 have been fully resolved. 33 remain in active process. The administrative infrastructure has been formally approved as a governance model for adoption by three additional pack regions.*
Five sentences this time.
She counted. Five.
She texted him: *You added a fifth sentence.*
He replied: *The governance model adoption is significant. It warranted a sentence.*
*Progress,* she said.
*Efficiency,* he said. *Different thing.*
She held the phone.
She texted back: *Where are you?*
*The Records,* he said. *Where else.*
She got dressed. Went to The Records.
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