Ballast

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Chapter 9

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Ballast · Marine Term

Narrator POV /AA/

Weight added low in a vessel to stabilize against roll; cited by Raeya as a metaphor for Kai’s unsettled course.

Snorvix’s note /SN/

Advice from an alien diplomat: add ballast. Translation: stop wobbling.

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/AA/ Narrator POV: Formal, descriptive, neutral, zero-perspective
/SN/ Snorvix POV: Observational, disruptive, selectively irreverent