The bodyguard on the left has not looked at it once.

The portrait above the mantle was almost certainly hung within the last hour -- the wire is new and the nail hole has no shadow of its own yet. The napkin on the gastropod was sourced, according to a note in the secondary file, from the same linen service used for the event, meaning someone pre-folded it in advance. The candles on the table have burned down roughly four centimeters, which puts the gastropod's arrival at somewhere between forty and sixty minutes into the meal, about as long as it takes a large body to cross a hotel lobby if the elevator is slow.

Jul 8, 2026

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