chapter 14 final and chapter 15 draft

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+## Ch14: The Villain Becomes a Victim — Detailed Timeline
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+| Time | Bell | Event |
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+| Early morning | ~Fourth bell | Devod opens eyes for the first time since draining — unfocused, not conscious. Mere's hands pause for one second, then resume. |
+| Morning | ~Fifth-sixth bell | Phelan leaves Millford Street. Tells Mere he's going to the warrens. "Bring food. Something that isn't apples." |
+| Morning | — | 20-minute walk to Carson's chapel-workshop on Greywell Lane. Delivers Devod draining news. Carson names Brida Voss and street contact. Dispatches Leon via soundstone to find street contact. |
+| Late morning | — | Phelan and Carson walk to Brida's tenement (~10 minutes south of Carson's workshop, near old tannery). |
+| Midday | — | Brida's tenement. Fire damage from Ch09 visible. Brida provides Kae's full backstory: congenital pain, streets, Elara, pendant, disappearance, crystal. "Are you a healer?" contextualised. ~30-40 minutes inside. |
+| Early afternoon | — | Walk north toward guild quarter. |
+| Afternoon | — | Compact administrative annex, two streets east of guild quarter. Ledger waiting. Phelan and Ledger work Compact filing systems together. Elara's healer registration found. Disbursement records: 12 silvers each to two operatives (six days before Elara's last activity), 4 silvers to street witness. Compliance officer reassignment order. Double reveal: Cass ordered the killing AND Elara was Ledger's personally recruited informant. |
+| Late afternoon | — | Leave the annex. Ledger walks toward guild hall. Phelan walks south toward Millford Street. |
+| Late afternoon (walk) | — | Soundstone pulse: Leon reports — found street contact. Paid four silvers, saw two men enter third floor (Elara's), saw them leave carrying something. Three sources confirmed. |
+| Evening | — | Arrive Millford Street. Devod opened eyes twice more (second time tracked Mere's hand). Food delivered (bread, cheese, smoked fish — not apples). Phelan tells Mere Kae's story. Mere pivots to herbal pain management solution. Chapter ends: bracelet at 70%, anger pointing at Thorngate, "the quiet of knowing." |
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+**Key decisions / shifts:**
+- Mission changed: save Kae, not just stop him
+- Cass confirmed as Elara's murderer through three independent sources
+- Mere already bridging Devod recovery research → Kae pain management
+- Ledger's personal investment fully visible to Phelan
+- No plan yet — that's Ch15-16
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+**Next (Day 13+):**
+- Ch15: The Wolf — Brennan Toor visits recovering Devod. Pathfinder past revealed to Phelan.
+- Plan to save Kae needs to be built (Ch16)
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 ## Standing Schedule (established)
 
 | Time | Event | Notes |