Nox held the seized key over the open channel and did not lower it.
The ward messenger's question came down to a single term. Would he route recovery by need, or hang a fresh list across the corridor?
"I am not writing a list, a list is what I just took off the boards," Nox said, opening the contract onto the public channel. "The store routes by the terms I publish now, and the terms cost the same to every hospital that crosses them."
{ Medical-Corridor Contract, First Citadel
Combat within the corridor: barred to all parties, mine included.
Jurisdiction over patients: none claimed, none forced.
Treatment repossession: prohibited.
Rank-based blacklisting: prohibited.
Route cost and core cost: published per district, equal for capital and slum. }
Serian priced the first passage onto the enclave ledger before a single core moved. The corridor opened on a book, not on anyone's word. Every hospital could read the exact figure he charged the district nearest the depot.
