Rodriguez called for three days' preparation before formal debate convened, understanding that this decision's genuine, transformative weight deserved the same careful thoroughness that had characterized every previous significant deliberation across the crisis's continued development. Every framework civilization required time to consult with their own leadership, to process what Timeline's discovery had revealed, before committing to whatever decision this ultimate question demanded.
When the full council finally reconvened, the assembled representation carried genuine, unprecedented gravity — every major figure whose contributions had shaped this crisis's continued development present, understanding that whatever emerged from this session would define the alliance's fundamental character for whatever remained of Threnody's continued, deteriorating existence.
