Start with the joint minutes and the delivery receipts for the last three exchanges. It is the source used to make a decision about whether an exchange can be renewed before both settlements agree on what the previous one delivered; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes the conditions at the guest table at the East Ridge gatehouse.
The latest count is 27 promises matched to a confirmed delivery; the prior file listed 24. A field check has compared the written rule with the place where it is used. The difference is a signal to check, not a verdict about who is right.
The disputed point is practical: Kharad Venn’s copy records a timber shipment; Stonewater’s copy records a promise to send one after the thaw. One side relies on the posted total, while the other points to two copies of the same agreement with different dates in the margin.
The risk of reading the file too broadly is that an entry becomes a conclusion. Varda Kin checked the joint minutes and the delivery receipts for the last three exchanges against the field notes. The method is to trace the route from the first signal to the final gate receipt; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Next: The interpreters will prepare a single dated record for both tables to initial. A useful update will publish the method, exceptions and review date with the number.
