The crew
You will not meet a wall of ambassadors. You will meet whoever is holding the paint that hour.
Both learned wet mornings before catalogs. That order still governs the room.
Edge painter
Keiko paints the leading edge with a water-soluble line so the first contact is visible on wet film. She learned the habit on Mercer Island mornings when dew hid the toe. Catalog loft still waits until the paint tells the truth.
Rain-glass note
Ellis keeps the humidity column the way a ferry captain keeps a tide book. Kirkland players who swear the face is fine in July learn otherwise when he holds the glass to the window.