True Things

"Octavia said you drafted them in an afternoon," he said.

"The framework structure was already there. I just followed where the gaps were."

He was quiet for a moment.

"The tier definitions are going to be what makes this framework functional," he said. "The rest of it is architecture. This is load-bearing."

I looked at him.

"I know," I said.

"I'm saying it because it should be said." He held my ga