At the East Ridge gate above the cloud stair, Varda Kin keeps the review week file beside a white route marker visible from the last switchback below the gate. 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.
Varda Kin is the road clerk on the east ascent. On this deep winter visit, the work begins with the gate manifest and the signal log from the ridge watch; only after the entry is checked can the crew say what the rule asks of the people below.
18 caravan loads checked before the cloud stair opens were entered this cycle, compared with 15 in the prior file. The figure is one part of a longer handoff. Varda Kin checked the gate manifest and the signal log from the ridge watch 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.
The watch sees a passable surface from the wall; carriers report that the shaded turn remains slick under a loaded cart. 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 docket has returned for review with the exceptions and unresolved objections attached. The entry belongs to the review week file at the East Ridge gate above the cloud stair. The road crew will post separate clearance times for foot traffic and freight. The next visit will show whether the revision travels beyond the office that wrote it.
