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 | 9 | Ch08-09 | **Day 9** (Monday equiv.) | Training with Leon (sixth bell) — 14 seconds. Soundstone introduced. Ledger's financial thread confirms Cass (Thorngate fund). Elara revealed as guild informant. Afternoon: tail Compact operatives (Phelan + Leon via soundstones). Operatives converge on storage facility. Overheard reporting to Cass via soundstone. Cass confirmed. Evening: Phelan tells Carter it's Cass. Leon stays in field tracking operatives. **Night (~10th bell):** Leon calls via soundstone — found Kae at washing woman's tenement. Break-in, fight (five phases), crystal drain (3-4 seconds), Leon's rescue. Kae flees into warrens with crystal. Phelan returns to Chandler's Row — bracelet at half power. **Offpage (Day 9):** Calla Floundry drained at canal market (morning). Ned Floundry drained at home (~second bell afternoon). Cass's redirection of Kae already active. |
 | 10 | Ch10 | **Day 10** (Tuesday equiv.) | Morning: Phelan discovers bracelet auto-recharge broken. Mere's dual analysis (Kae profile + bracelet/crystal compatibility). Late morning: Ledger arrives at Chandler's Row — Tier Two promotion (22 silvers, Archive access, alias formalised) + Floundry victim intel (Calla survived, Ned touch-and-go). Afternoon: Phelan + Leon debate defence vs. pursuit (no resolution). Leon's Stay or Bolt — stays. Evening: Devod arrives with apples and ideas. Wagon idea seeds manual bracelet recharge (untested). |
 | 10 (evening) | Ch11 | **Day 10** (Tuesday equiv.) | ~Tenth bell: Leon departs. Devod stays. Reveals Thresholds business records (deed, partnership documents, financial records). Mere discovers: Devod never signed away his share (Charlette lied), payment records show 3 silvers/month extortion for four years (age 12-16). Devod reveals ultimatum truth (gloves incident, threatened disappearance). Mere reclassifies both parents — Charlette as "closed account," Devod's model inverted. Shelves Thresholds fight for the case. Calls Devod "Dad" for first time in twelve years. ~Eleventh bell: chapter ends on changed quiet. |
+| 11 | Ch12 | **Day 11** (Wednesday equiv.) | **Offpage overnight:** Kae drains Devod at Millford Street. Sixth bell: training (15 seconds fire). Bracelet manual charge discovered (~50%→~70%). Mid-morning: Carter delivers studded jacket (ore studs + impact-response leather). Afternoon: Devod expected, doesn't show. ~3:15 PM: tanner brings news. Rush to Millford Street. Devod drained, life-threatening. Mere stabilizes (40 min). Ledger arrives — guild safe house, medical contacts. Chapter ends heavy: "a debt to collect." |
 
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 | ~10:55 PM | — | Devod prepares to leave. "Come by tomorrow, Dad." First use of "Dad" in twelve years. Devod exits with controlled composure. |
 | ~11:00 PM | Eleventh bell | Chapter ends. Changed quiet. Phelan stays present without speaking. |
 
-**Next (Day 11+):**
-- Ch12: Devod — Cass points Kae at Devod. Devod drained (life-threatening). Carter delivers studded jacket. Ledger crisis response.
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+## Ch12: Devod — Detailed Timeline
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+| Time | Bell | Event |
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+| Early morning (offpage) | Before sixth bell | Kae drains Devod in his room above the tanner's shop, Millford Street. Devod asleep. Life-threatening. |
+| Mid-morning (offpage) | ~Seventh bell | Tanner notices Devod didn't come down (no cat window, no wagon). Goes up, finds him. Gets neighbor woman to sit with him. |
+| 6:00 AM | Sixth bell | Fire combat training, courtyard. Fifteen seconds integrated. Leon asks about manual bracelet charging. Both land on "no reason not to try." Manual push-charge discovery: conscious feed, concentration thread, ~50% → ~70%. Stone: dim amber → warm amber-red. |
+| ~9:00 AM | Ninth bell | Carter arrives at Chandler's Row with studded jacket. Leon told him about Kae fight. Demonstrates ore stud system: magical absorption (~20%) + impact-response leather (non-Newtonian, ore field bleeds into material). "If you're going to do something stupid, at least wear something I made." |
+| ~10:00 AM | Tenth bell | Carter departs. Jacket on hook by the door. |
+| Afternoon | Past second bell | Devod expected ("Come by tomorrow, Dad"). Doesn't show. Mere glances at door twice. Hasn't turned a page in twenty minutes. Atmospheric dread. |
+| ~3:15 PM | Quarter past third bell | Tanner arrives at Chandler's Row with news. Devod found drained. Mere's composure holds three seconds, transforms to clinical fury. Out the door with herbal satchel. |
+| ~3:25 PM | — | Arrive Millford Street (Mere covered it in 8 minutes, normally 12). Devod on cot: aged, diminished, barely breathing. Mere takes over — assessment, herbal stabilization. |
+| ~4:05 PM | — | Mere: "He's stable. Stable isn't good." (40 minutes of treatment) |
+| ~4:10 PM | — | Ledger arrives. Tried Chandler's Row first, closed open door. Guild protocol — Tier Two family member. Provides safe house, medical contacts. Single beat on "Devod Fields" name. Uses "Locksmith." Departs after ~10 minutes. |
+| Evening | — | Mere working at bedside. Phelan in corner. Light failing. Chapter ends heavy — "a debt to collect." |
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+**Offpage events (Day 10 night / Day 11 early morning):**
+- Kae drains Devod in his room, Millford Street (overnight — while Devod slept)
+- Cass directed the attack from Thorngate (targeting Phelan's inner circle after Floundry witnesses)
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+**Next (Day 12+):**
+- Ch13: Aftermath. Incompatible grief responses. Leon's guilt sharpens. Team debate on Kae.
+- Cass's operatives were due to report back Day 11 (established Ch08) — thread not addressed in Ch12, available for Ch13+
 
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 - Ch11: Devod's tell (hands stop) — used three times. Consistent with prior canon (Millford Street, cart to mine).
 - Ch11: Six noise parentheticals. Observer mode — Phelan peripheral, processing. All earned.
 - Next chapter: Ch12 — Devod. Cass points Kae at Devod Fields. Life-threatening draining. Carter delivers studded jacket. Ledger crisis response.
+- Ch12: Day 11 (Wednesday equivalent). Four scenes: training/charge, jacket, quiet, news/rush.
+- Ch12: Fire training — fifteen seconds integrated (up from fourteen in Ch08). Ugly, unstable, holding. Absorbing through instability continues.
+- Ch12: Bracelet manual charge — Leon suggests, both land on "no reason not to try." Push-charge: conscious energy feed, dedicated concentration thread. Mill sluice analogy. ~50% → ~70%. Stone dim amber → warm amber-red. Costs manageable effort. Can specify amount (sluice gate to exact height).
+- Ch12: Carter's studded jacket delivered. Ore studs from Velken's Drift (Book 1 Ch21) at hem/cuffs/collar. ~20% passive magical absorption + impact-response leather (ore field bleeds ~half inch into material, non-Newtonian — soft normally, rigid on fast/hard impact). One system, two effects. Last adjustment after Leon told Carter about Ch09 Kae fight.
+- Ch12: Devod attacked overnight Day 10/11. Found by tanner mid-morning. Draining signature matches all prior victims. Life-threatening: aged, diminished, barely breathing, hair fully grey, skin slack.
+- Ch12: Devod's routines established: opens back window for cats, moves wagon to side lot before seventh bell. Daily, same time. Knock at Chandler's Row: two-pause-one.
+- Ch12: Mere's emergency response: composure holds ~3 seconds, transforms to clinical fury. Herbal satchel (pre-packed, reinforced pockets). Walk to Millford Street in 8 minutes (normally 12). Assessment: pulse (wrist then throat), eyelid responsiveness, temple reading. Herbal stabilization: sharp/medicinal, applied to temples/wrists/pulse points. 40 minutes to "stable."
+- Ch12: Ledger crisis response: Tried Chandler's Row first, closed open door. Guild protocol (Tier Two family member attacked). Assessed damage with too-specific clinical knowledge (Pathfinder seed). Half-second pause on "Devod Fields" name (Pathfinder reputation knowledge seed). Provided: guild safe house, medical contacts (healer, life-force depletion, discreet), security assessment. Used "Locksmith" alias. 10 minutes total.
+- Ch12: Pathfinder seed #4 (Ledger's field assessment precision) and #5 (Devod-name recognition). Neither stated, both observable.
+- Ch12: Phelan's noise: 10 parentheticals. Observational in scenes 1-2 (5), clipped dread in scene 3 (2), tactical/emotional cluster in scene 4 closing (3).
+- Ch12: Cass's operatives report-back was due Day 11 (Ch08) — NOT addressed in Ch12. Available for Ch13+.
+- Next chapter: Ch13 — The Weight of It. Aftermath. Incompatible grief responses. Leon's guilt sharpens (crystal → Devod). Team pushback on killing Kae.