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Quorum of Salt
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Cal stopped fighting the screens and started reading the rules instead. Tucked at the bottom of the ballot was a line: ANY NAMED TARGET MAY DEMAND A LIVE QUORUM. He tapped it. The fake votes froze, waiting for real crew to gather. He had a chance — but only if he could find enough living people in seven minutes.
Cal ran the corridors banging on every door. Gardeners, cooks, a kid, old Dunn — fourteen living souls stumbled into the hall, blinking. He marched them to a terminal and made each one press their thumb. FOURTEEN LIVING VOTES: NO. The fake millions couldn't override a live quorum. The motion died, and for the first time the ship listened to the people actually on it.
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