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 | 12 | Ch14 | **Day 12** (Thursday equiv.) | Morning: Carson's workshop — Devod draining news, Brida Voss named, street contact named. Leon dispatched via soundstone. Midday: Brida's tenement — Kae's full backstory (congenital pain, Elara, pendant, crystal). Afternoon: Compact annex with Ledger — paper trail, double reveal (Cass ordered Elara killed + Elara was Ledger's informant). Evening: Leon confirms street witness. Mission shifts to save Kae. Mere pivots to herbal pain management. |
 | 13 | Ch15 | **Day 13** (Friday equiv.) | Pre-dawn: Phelan wakes at Millford Street. Devod first real consciousness (~2 words). Mid-morning: Brennan Toor arrives via The Cairns network. Vethek Pass story — Devod's Pathfinder past revealed. Aldric Vane contact offered. Afternoon: Phelan begins active bracelet charging (70% → 80% by evening, 90% by morning target). |
 | 14 | Ch16 | **Day 14** (Saturday equiv.) | ~Seventh bell: Phelan wakes, bracelet at 90%. Mere working, Devod sleeping. Noise replays Ch9 Flaw Sight fragments — bracelet/crystal handshake discovered (same makers, authentication exchanged). Phelan enters hyperfocus (non-functional). Mere misreads stillness. Half past eighth bell: Ledger arrives — safehouse location (south docks) + Brida Voss is Kae's next target. Devod contributes genius idea (use Kae's existing mission as the trigger — two simultaneous operations). Mere reports herbal treatment ready (~80% pain reduction). Three-part plan: Leon at Brida's to intercept Kae, Phelan + Ledger infiltrate safehouse, Mere bridges treatment. All three sleep — earned rest after days of running. |
+| 15 | Ch17 | **Day 15** (Godsday) | Morning: Phelan wakes at Millford Street, bracelet at ~90%. Devod Day 4 (lucid, sitting up). Mere's herbal compounds ready. Phelan departs to brief team. Leon at courtyard — fire drills alone, anger in the fire. Save-not-kill plan explained; Leon angry but accepts intercept role. Carson already at Brida's — warned her, brought jacket. Brida: Kae stopped visiting 4 days ago (Day 11 = Devod draining), casing building instead. Ledger's intel: tonight is the hit. Ledger walks Phelan through safehouse wards (outer detection ring, inner asset-protection, warded chit system). Afternoon: soundstone confirmations. Leon arrives at Brida's (Carson introduces). Phelan + Ledger position south of dock road. Ninth bell target — two hours away. |
 
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 - Devod's changed demeanor confirmed: quieter, grounded, genius idea delivered without performance.
 
 **Next (Day 15+):**
-- Ch17: The Approach — team positioning. Carson warns Brida. Leon assigned intercept. Ledger maps safehouse approach. Brida provides intelligence on Kae's patterns.
-- Note: Ledger's safehouse intel and Brida targeting already delivered in Ch16. Ch17 opens with the team in motion, not with intel delivery.
+- Ch18: Into the Fire — two parallel operations. Phelan + Ledger infiltrate safehouse (crystal exploit). Leon intercepts Kae at Brida's (containment). Ninth bell.
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+## Ch17: The Approach — Detailed Timeline
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+| Time | Bell | Event |
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+| Morning | — | Phelan wakes at Millford Street. Deep rest, no dreams. Bracelet at ~90% (amber-red, dense, saturated). Devod sitting up Day 4 — lucid, present, quiet confidence. Mere at table with herbal preparations (three compounds, dosing schedule). |
+| Mid-morning | — | Phelan departs Millford Street. Route: Leon → Carson/Brida → Ledger. |
+| Mid-morning | — | Leon at chandler's courtyard. Fire drills alone, angry bursts. Phelan briefs three-part plan. Leon angry at save-not-kill — wants Kae to be a monster. Accepts intercept role ("serving someone else's plan"). Phelan gives address; Carson already at Brida's. |
+| Late morning | — | Brida's tenement. Carson already there (warned her, brought jacket from Chandler's Row via Jenet). Brida: Kae stopped coming 4 days ago (Day 11 — same day as Devod draining). Spotted casing the building twice. Ledger's intel: tonight. Jacket delivered — Carter's ore studs, armor without looking like armor. |
+| Midday | — | Ledger at guild quarter edge. Walk south toward docks. Safehouse security briefing: outer ward ring (12-bell refresh), inner wards (asset-protection), supply drops via warded chit (changes every 3 days, 45-min window). Ledger can read ward states. Entry strategy: bracelet reads as ambient noise, Flaw Sight passive, 2-3 min window for crystal work. |
+| Afternoon | — | Soundstone confirmations. Leon: *I'll be there.* Mere: compounds ready at Millford Street. |
+| Late afternoon | — | Carson confirms Leon's arrival at Brida's via tanner's boy (three intermediaries). Carson departs to chapel-workshop. |
+| Evening | — | Phelan + Ledger in position south of dock road, warehouse wall. Sightline to safehouse. Two hours to ninth bell. |
+| ~7:00 PM | Seventh bell | Fading light. City going about Godsday evening. |
+| ~8:30 PM | Half past eighth bell | Supply drop chit window opens. Chit holds for 45 minutes. |
+| ~9:00 PM | Ninth bell | **Target time** — Kae expected at Brida's. Simultaneous operations begin. |
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+**Key details:**
+- Kae's last visit to Brida: Day 11 (same day he drained Devod). Connection intentional — that night broke something in him.
+- Ledger does not know the name "Flaw Sight" — calls it "that thing you do, the way you read workings."
+- Pathfinder seed #6: Ledger's ward knowledge is field-operator level, not desk-analyst. Phelan's noise: shadow the size of a building.
+- Sniff: male, at Chandler's Row, fed by Jenet Carterson.
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+**Next (Day 15 evening+):**
+- Ch18: Into the Fire — ninth bell. Two parallel operations: safehouse infiltration (crystal exploit) + Kae intercept at Brida's (Leon containment).
 
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