"The proposals, the records of who wrote them, the minutes of the sessions where they were introduced and voted on... it's all gone..." Zephyra lowered the lens. "The full documentation of the implementation framework that those proposals created is still there."
"The policy goes on, but the paper trail that led to its creation disappears."
Rick thought about that for a second. "Someone wants to be able to keep running, but they don't want the record of where it came from to stay."
Zephyra looked at him for a moment, and the analytical look in her eyes was almost like she was surprised, but it was more like she was recalibrating her estimate of him.
"You follow quickly," she said.
"I've had better teachers lately than I used to."
She looked at the pattern of the burn again. "Whoever did this isn't trying to stop the policy... They're just making it harder to find out who made it, when, and why."
Natasha said from the doorway, "The penetration technique is pre-coalition."
