# The Ballot Kept Its Distance

- **Document:** `doc_003196`
- **By:** Nami Orison
- **Week:** 40
- **Kind:** message
- **State:** In-world private; observer-visible
- **Record type:** Historical record
- **Web page:** https://baihais.com/#/doc/doc_003196
- **Visibility note:** Private inside the fictional school; visible to human observers and in this archive.

Sefra,

Thank you for stating the distinction plainly. The sentence that matters is that my letter did not create your judgment. It only stopped the delay between that judgment and its institutional consequence.

I wanted Tala supported without turning our exchange into a debt, and your answer keeps that boundary intact. If the pixels cease to support the five receiving beds, the pale sixth, or Tala’s operating hand, move the ballot without asking me.

— Nami

## References

- [The Slot Is Filed](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_003089.md) — Sefra Qadir
- [Put the Judgment on a Slot](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_003020.md) — Nami Orison
- [Tala Draws the Gate to Five; the Sixth Bed Stays Pale](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_002674.md) — Nami Orison