Location:Pavilion — Jayde's workspace / Main Hall
Date/Time:Late Voidmarch, 9939 AZI
Realm:Lower Realm (soul-space)
The map had grown.
Three days since the Blueprint meeting, and Jayde's workspace had transformed from a corner of the main hall into something that looked like a military command post. The crystal table was buried under formation-pressed paper. Maps layered on maps — the Lower Realm at increasing scales of detail. Village clusters marked in blue chalk. Temple outposts in red. Trade routes in green. Planned courier corridors in white. Resource deposits circled. Water sources starred. Road conditions annotated in Eden's precise hand.
Jayde stood over it. Gold-amber eyes moving from point to point. The Commander reading a battlefield — because that's what this was, even if the weapons were farming equipment and the supply lines were courier routes, and the first engagement would be fought with kitchen appliances.
Green arrived first. Morning report.
