Nyx wrote the second report with three lies, seven truths, and one omission that felt heavier than both.
House Silvaine taught report craft before advanced knife work.
A blade could fail if the wrist slipped. A report could kill someone across a continent without ever entering the same room. Information was the cleanest weapon because most people thanked you for handing it to them.
Nyx sat at the narrow desk in her academy room while dawn stained the eastern windows gray. Her official roommate had not arrived yet. Convenient. Or arranged. She did not know which answer would be worse.
On the desk lay three pages.
The first was the version any loyal daughter of House Silvaine should send.
Cedric Valdrake anticipated entry, survived initial engagement, demonstrated nonstandard Void-adjacent nullification, and may be hiding a power recovery method. Recommend increased surveillance, leverage acquisition, and contingency elimination.
Clean.
