It did not take long for the public to begin digging.
Lootwell had not told them to do it.
It did not need to.
The moment the communication update attached verified seals to public messages, people began searching through old posts like miners who had suddenly discovered that lies could leave ore behind.
Old announcements were pulled up.
Old accusations were copied.
Old "concerned citizens" were checked.
Old "Lootwell administrators" were exposed.
Then the public channels broke.
The people who had claimed to speak for Lootwell did not carry Lootwell seals.
A message that had once sounded official now looked naked.
A "branch administrator" turned out to be a disciple from a mountain sect in the North.
A "Lootwell patrol captain" carried the seal of a southern trading family.
A "Grace preacher" who had declared that only worshippers could use the future array was identified as a registered outer member of a small faction.
For a short while, the public forgot to be afraid.
