They reconvened the following morning without scheduling it—each arrived at the research complex within fifteen minutes of the others, independent timing that felt like the kind of coincidence that wasn't.
No formal opening. Rama said: "I'm accepting."
Sekar: "I am too."
Nakamura: "Yes."
Three statements made without ceremony because the decisions had been reached privately and didn't require ceremony to become real. The night had done its work. What remained was transmitting the response to Timeline through the integration connection.
They transmitted individually first—each reaching through their own connection to convey acceptance in terms consistent with how each had arrived at it. Timeline receiving three separate transmissions before the unified response.
