The house meeting happened three weeks later, in daylight, with the windows open.
Soren called it. That was new.
"Rules," he said. "We've got a year of everybody's methods on the table and none of them work anymore, so we're writing what replaces them."
"Is this going to be a long meeting," said Maren.
"That depends entirely on how much you argue."
"Then it's going to be a long meeting."
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They did it item by item.
No performances. Selah wrote that one herself and read it out loud in a voice that dared anyone to comment. "No staged overloads, no manufactured instability, no using the system as a mouth. If I want him, I say so."
"Out loud," said Maren.
"Out loud."
"Like a person."
"Maren."
"I'm supporting you."
"You're enjoying it."
"I can do both."
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