The verified center vote reached fifty-one point four percent.
Elara touched the brass bolt.
Deep breath.
Pela pulled the red ring to Elara's selected pressure. Rina held the external breathing bag unopened. Kikaru supported Elara's right shoulder where the leash still braced it.
The depot medic asked through Aren's wire.
"Current direction?"
Elara wrote on the board with her left hand.
```
REMOVE LEASH NOW.
```
"Transferred load will enter the public vote."
```
YES.
```
"Your airway may fail."
```
YES.
```
"Your right side may lose support."
Elara looked at Caleb's local shelter camera.
He said nothing.
She wrote:
```
BODY THAT NEEDS HELP
IS STILL MINE.
```
Iseul recorded the answer at Mercy.
The depot medic recorded it at the river line.
Rina recorded Elara's hand and the live pressure mark.
Pela recorded the red ring.
Four separate medical witnesses.
No one recorded a romantic title.
Elara selected the printer gear.
