THE BROOMHANDLE HAS BEEN IN EVERY ROOM HE HAS WALKED INTO.
NOT ONCE HAS ANYONE SEEN IT USED.
OBSERVATION
He processes insults silently and files them for later. Known locally for running calculations on people they would prefer not to see.
SPECIMEN DETAIL
The Broomhandle.
Seen everywhere. Used nowhere, as far as anyone can prove.
HISTORY
He came off a Foundry line with one manufacturing defect — curiosity — and walked straight into the Foundry, where the furnaces hum in a language only some can read.
EVIDENCE
SEALED EVIDENCE · DO NOT OPEN
OBJECT INVENTORY
- OBJECT
- BROOMHANDLE
- CARRIED
- DAILY
- USES ON RECORD
- 0
ANOMALY
On his first night in , someone pulled a knife on him in an alley. He did not reach for the Broomhandle. He talked, quietly, for a long time, and the stranger went home.
CONCLUSION
He is updating. He has been updating for some time. Nobody wants to interrupt. Further observation recommended.
ACCESS TO THIS OBSERVATION IS RESTRICTED.
WHAT THE BROOMHANDLE IS LOADED WITH.
USES ON RECORD0
PULL THE SEAL ALONG THE TAPE — OR BREAK IT.
PERSONAL ACCESS · CHANGES NOTHING IN THE ARCHIVE
Withdrawn. The observer refused to sign off the uses on record entry and would not say why.
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