Adelaide Frost calls Elias's vanished seat a clerical revision while steering his dragon toward a politically safer cadet.
Adelaide needs the feast to look ceremonial because admitting the seating matters would prove she tried to redirect a dragon's choice.
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Owen Black wants tomorrow's red signal submitted because a future accusation is useful leverage even before it is true.
Owen Black offers amnesty for the third key because he needs the Ash Vault to stay closed until Mara's file is ash-tagged.
Owen Black demands the mirror pass intact, claiming nest security while refusing to name the reflected rider.
Owen Black insists the false weather chart is official while keeping the sealed copy under his own hand.
