Arianne saw security summaries as regular documents instead of crisis reports. She filed them every week, along with compliance audits and capital exposure updates. The difference was timing. Crisis reports were read immediately. Routine ones waited their turn.
The report was on her desk, placed between a supplier contract revision and a mid-quarter performance brief. Her office door was open, and the building buzzed with typical midday activity. Voices drifted down the corridor outside, and the soft sounds of negotiation would come in and then fade away. A printer briefly started up somewhere beyond the glass partition and then stopped.
She read the summary of the perimeter once, without taking notes.
Over fourteen days, three freelance photographers were seen near the filming location. All of them stayed outside the restricted areas and followed the rules about how close they could get. There were no violations.
