Max learned about the festival when Anna asked whether he intended to attend.
"Attend what?"
She showed him a handbill printed on ordinary paper.
[SANCTUARY MARKET FESTIVAL]
[Food, crafts, contests, music, and evening lanterns.]
[Portal plaza and eastern market streets.]
The handbill named a committee of merchants, residents, and caravan representatives. Max's name appeared only in a line reminding visitors that Sanctuary's normal safety rules remained active.
No request for Dungeon Points waited in the core system. No organizer had asked Max to produce booths, decorations, prizes, or food. The tiered response system had sent three matters upward: approval to redirect traffic around the portal plaza, permission to place temporary structures near a dungeon-maintained road, and confirmation that the evening lanterns would not interfere with portal markers.
All three had been resolved below Max's level.
