At the Lower Ward meeting hall, Tova Brann keeps the closeout hearing file beside a workbench token each apprentice receives before the evening meeting. The two details are easy to miss in a summary: one is a line in a ledger, the other is the condition that decides whether the line is useful.
Tova Brann is the delegate for the shared workshops. On this thaw season visit, the work begins with the workshop roster and the rules for ward representation; only after the entry is checked can the crew say what the rule asks of the people below.
28 apprentices listed by trade were entered this cycle, compared with 28 in the prior file. The figure is one part of a longer handoff. Sella Mor checked the workshop roster and the rules for ward representation against the field notes. The method is to listen for the point where an abstract rule becomes a household obligation; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Guild stewards argue that apprentices lack independent contracts; the apprentices say they already carry independent duties and risk. The current record does not settle that disagreement. Residents closest to the work describe the difference as a route, a wait or a shift that cannot be moved on a slate. Their accounts have been attached to the docket rather than folded into the total.
The responsible office has offered a limited remedy with an end date for review. The entry belongs to the closeout hearing file at the Lower Ward meeting hall. The table has asked the guilds to produce their current contract forms. The next visit will show whether the revision travels beyond the office that wrote it.
