The Space Between East and West

One late night, from 1:47 to shortly after 2:00 a.m.

Cress learns that Kestrel Tower’s lease renewal has landed on her desk, including provisions that may affect the Traverse. On the bridge, she and Evander speak aloud for the first time after a year of notes, while Ines warns that property management has ordered the notes removed and the glass possibly replaced Thursday.

The Terms of Access

The next day and the following night

Cress reviews the Kestrel lease and uses its consultation provisions to delay any immediate decision on replacing the Traverse panels, though the Thursday cleaning remains scheduled. She tells Evander that she has been assigned the lease, admits she should have told him sooner, and agrees to meet him for coffee in daylight; they also realize they nearly passed one another at Kestrel Tower that afternoon.