editorial: Ch07 butterfly - Dorian carries Severance Key secret

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## AUTHOR DIRECTION — BUTTERFLY EFFECT CASCADE (Ch07)
- Kaelen is not present. He is dead. Do not write him as alive.
- The isolation that brings Mira and Dorian together is partly driven by the fact that Mira's most trusted ally is gone.
- The "Weave of Ages" revelation, if it occurs here, has extra weight: Kaelen died believing in something that turned out to be real.
- The "Weave of Ages" revelation, if it occurs here, has extra weight: Kaelen died believing in something that turned out to be real.
## BUTTERFLY CASCADE NOTE (Ch07)
- Dorian is carrying the Accord Protocol Omega report he found in Ch06. He has not told Mira.
- His over-protectiveness in this chapter has a new dimension: he has seen what the Severance Key does to Chancellors.
- When Dorian pulls Mira out of danger, it is not just instinct. It is grief already grieving.
- He may almost tell her. He does not.