Isabella's reply relaxes by half a degree, not warmth, exactly, but the professional version of a door left ajar. She writes about sentiment, fundamentals, and the danger of reacting to a narrative before policy becomes fact. Each sentence is careful enough to be forwarded upward without embarrassment. She refuses internal detail, but she gives you public sources instead: links, references, the kind of material that says *I am not your informant* while still saying *I am willing to keep talking*. You read her message twice, listening for traps in the courtesy. You find none obvious, which is worse. A clumsy enemy is easier than a careful one. You open the sources anyway, because appetite does not disappear just because someone hands you a smaller plate. [[Public Sources Packet|Open the public sources packet]]