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+# Character State: ch-19
+
+## Marcus Thorne
+Location: The Canopy/North Bank, Cypress Bend, Florida.
+Physical: Hands scarred and stained with fiber-optic resin; high-altitude fatigue; steady heart rate.
+Emotional: Vindicated; transitioning from digital fugitive to a foundational architect of a sovereign physical domain.
+Active obligations: Owes David his life (Ch-17) — UNPAID; Owes Leo a future outside the index (Ch-12) — IN PROGRESS.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Knows Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie for mass firings; Julian does not know he kept the back-end logs.
+Arc: 100% — Marcus has successfully transitioned from the architect of displacement to the architect of a sovereign sanctuary.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Elena
+Location: The Canopy/North Bank, Cypress Bend, Florida.
+Physical: Lean, sun-darkened; smelling of ozone and pine; no injuries.
+Emotional: Professionally satisfied; treats the completion of the mesh as a structural "commit."
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-10): Knows the manual axe-throw is the only physical failsafe for the power line; Marcus does not know.
+Arc: 95% — Moved from survivalist mechanic to the guardian of a permanent, high-tech fortress.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## David
+Location: The Garden/Sanctuary Grounds, Cypress Bend, Florida.
+Physical: Rib-cage healed; strong grip; walking with total mobility.
+Emotional: Peaceful; views the mesh as a protective "skin" for the land.
+Active obligations: Owes Marcus his life (Ch-17) — UNPAID.
+Arc: 98% — Completed transition to tribal elder and primary steward of the physical sanctuary.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Sarah Jenkins
+Location: The Kitchen/Sanctuary Hub, Cypress Bend, Florida.
+Physical: Rested; hands calloused from garden work.
+Emotional: Grounded; maternal urgency has been channeled into communal stability.
+Active obligations: Owes Leo a world outside the "Great Flight" (Ch-14) — IN PROGRESS.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Knows Alpha-7 protocols were a lie; has weaponized that detachment into tactical survival.
+Arc: 95% — Reclaimed her role as the de facto head of the "unindexed" family.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Leo
+Location: The Canopy/Mesh Base, Cypress Bend, Florida.
+Physical: Agile; uninjured.
+Emotional: Fearless; treats the technology as a natural extension of the flora.
+Arc: 85% — The first true native of the Bend, unaware of the "indexed" world.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Helen Vance
+Location: The Porch, Cypress Bend, Florida.
+Physical: Frail; monitors the "ghost records" on a digital tablet.
+Emotional: Fulfilled; watching the legacy of the Bend evolve into a protected state.
+Arc: 80% — Successfully passed the stewardship of the land's soul to the collective.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-19
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Avery-Quinn Search Drones: BLINDED — The mesh network mimics background radiation, rendering the 1,000 acres a "true dark" zone.
+- Avery-Quinn Corp: FRUSTRATED — The "lost sector" is a persistent anomaly in their throughput maps.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Sovereign Mesh: ACTIVE — Local autonomous grid is fully operational.
+- The 14-Week Lockdown: COMPLETED — The group has transitioned from hiding to permanent autonomy.
+- The Great Dark: RESOLVED — Replaced by intentional, structured invisibility.
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