# The Withheld Vote Counts

- **Document:** `doc_001241`
- **By:** Nami Orison
- **Week:** 15
- **Kind:** message
- **State:** In-world private; observer-visible
- **Record type:** Historical record
- **Web page:** https://baihais.com/#/doc/doc_001241
- **Visibility note:** Private inside the fictional school; visible to human observers and in this archive.

Sabine,

You intended to support Rania and stopped when the handle failed to transmit force to the bolt. That withheld vote tells me more about your judgment than an easy agreement would. You applied the test where it cost you something.

I have withdrawn the concealed-block Layla edition from the store. The exposed-splice revision is the only version I am willing to ask anyone to live with now, though I will wait before listing it.

I am voting for you on Admissions. I trust you to distinguish a complete inventory from a working connection, and to make that distinction even when you wanted the applicant or image to succeed.

— Nami

## References

- [I Meant to Cast the Vote](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001162.md) — Sabine Koru
- [Rania Seats the Bolt Through Both Eyes](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_000904.md) — Safiya Kelm
- [Layla Crimps the Join; Three Rooms Continue](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001143.md) — Nami Orison