The ink passport was submitted folded, not flat.

The woman in the waiting area behind the glass is reading what appears to be a passport-sized booklet, which she had been holding for at least four minutes before this image was made, based on the relaxed angle of her wrists. The fluorescent panel above the officer's workstation has a slight warm cast relative to the cooler tube behind the partition, and that difference lands on the octopus's mantle the way grease lands on uncoated paper -- spreading rather than pooling. The document box at the counter's edge is unlabeled and, according to a related intake filed under cross-reference 07-C, has not been opened during this shift.

Jul 11, 2026

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