The King opened the direct-line blood register after Didi returned to the archive table. Gazel's service case remained sealed beside her, while both royal recorders placed fresh receipt ribbons around the older lineage volume.
Hajin stood beside the open commission seal without reopening the private Stream. His right arm remained under Vella's wrap, leaving Divine Eye available through careful examination while Phase Lock stayed outside the day's safe options.
The register separated Shard development from royal resonance across every living descendant. Ordinary mana capacity occupied one column, while a narrower sealed line recorded whether sovereign blood produced an active channel, weak authorization, or no measurable response.
"Shard count does not establish this inheritance," the King said, opening the page beneath his children's birth marks, "the channel can remain dormant inside someone whose ordinary mana continues developing separately."
