The archivist bolts the door behind you. Her name is Mrs Vale. She was the woman on the telephone. Your sister marked the pages. I thought someone should see them before they're corrected again. Six ships. Six grounding reports. Six payments for repairs the yard never performed. Beside each arrival, a three has been changed to a two. Mrs Vale unfolds the printed signal notice. Three bells send a vessel to the safe outer anchorage. Two send it through the inner channel. At tonight's tide, the inner channel hides a reef. You photograph the entries. A shadow stops beyond the frosted door. Mrs Vale closes the book and pushes the notice beneath your sleeve. There was a death twenty years ago. Mara found the missing page. Ask Elias why he lets someone else's son give the orders now. The handle turns. Mrs Vale calls that the archive is closed. She guides you through the rear door, keeping the ledger behind her back until you are out of sight.
A missing sister. A falsified signal. One storm to decide what the truth will cost Greyhaven.
Listen closely. Choose carefully. Carry the consequences.
Every path leaves a different story.