Five years after the one verified conversion of base metal to ingot, the Eternal Committee still sits on its overdue ruling. Kly-4-Tharn, the remaining hexapod, continues to press for recognition while the body demands three fresh resonance testimonials before any hearing can be scheduled for 1829.
Inside the fog-shrouded chambers of sculpted sand, the hexapod's daily ultrasound petitions at 47,000 hertz have produced only visible winces among the members. Each petition is logged in the 17-volume Equitable Distribution ledger; each reply requires another layer of chitin-plate carving at 3.2 dunes per cycle.
Gyl-3-Qar, Most Illustrious Chair, issued a decree requiring Kly-4-Tharn to halt further petitions during deliberations. The committee instead devotes its sessions to cataloguing minor procedural points. Citizens of Rhyoon watch the dunes advance while the single success remains an unrepeated anomaly.
