Yara Deth opens the warehouse issue slips and the stall’s daily brine-loss tally at the salt arcade of the Lower Market Hall. Before anyone moves a cart or changes a mark, the crew checks a dry white line left on the stone shelf after a barrel is decanted. The thaw season air brings its own pace to the passage.
The latest page holds 11 barrels opened for sale. Yara Deth reads the previous count (10) 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 cooperative counts salt lost to damp air; buyers question whether the warehouse count already includes that loss. 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.
A new complaint or proposal has been entered under a dated docket. The entry belongs to the service audit file at the salt arcade of 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 next price board will list the delivered weight before and after storage. Until then, the route, schedule or allotment stays as it was at the opening bell.
