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We wrote it anyway.
Recovery could stop a transfer if consent was missing.
Recovery could block disclosure of survivor information.
Recovery could require intake capacity before a rescue operation launched.
Recovery could not order a survivor to accept treatment.
Could not choose destination.
Could not force family contact.
Could not recruit.
Could not override medical necessity.
Could not classify someone military because command found their skills useful.
Zared read the limits.
“You have written more restrictions on yourself than powers.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because someday somebody else will have this job.”
He looked at me.
That was the thought that made the role real.
Not me.
The office.
The system.
Something meant to survive the person who invented it.
I added another right.
SURVIVOR MAY REVIEW AND CORRECT OWN RECORD.
Tivid nodded.
“Good.”
“And delete?”
“Some fields cannot be deleted if required for medical safety or legal evidence.”
“Then mark what can and cannot be deleted before information is collected.”
He entered it.
A woman named Ressa came in that afternoon.
