Tessa Orun opens the remedy row’s origin tags and the public price board at the covered remedy row in the Lower Market Hall. Before anyone moves a cart or changes a mark, the crew checks the blue thread tied around each bundle inspected by the remedy steward. The long light air brings its own pace to the passage.
The latest page holds 29 bundles carrying a verified origin mark. Tessa Orun reads the previous count (33) before the next mark is made. It is a small pause, long enough for the people at the rail to hear what the number leaves out.
The steward says a traceable mark prevents substitution; gatherers say the new inspection fee exceeds the value of a small bundle. The current record does not settle that disagreement. The difference between those accounts is visible here: a rule on the board and a working condition just beyond it.
The docket has returned for review with the exceptions and unresolved objections attached. The entry belongs to the second reading file at the covered remedy row in the Lower Market Hall. The next check will be made by another crew, asked to repeat the measure without borrowing the first crew’s conclusion.
When the shift closes, the file remains beside the marked place. The hall will review the fee beside the last three market prices. Until then, the route, schedule or allotment stays as it was at the opening bell.
