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Marsh-Quarry Villages
The city calls itself permanent; the villages supply the stone
The marsh-quarry villages supply the Archivolt Causeyworks with river-stone, bone-lime and seasonal lock labour. Their toll exemptions remain contested. The city calls this arrangement permanence.
Codex Ref. II.1.02-002
Mouth-Sluice
Three questions at the waterline, one unanswered debt overhead
The canal threshold of the Archivolt Causeyworks, where Goss asks three questions beneath his own stone debt. Barges wait by the hour; the lintel waits indefinitely.
Codex Ref. II.1.02-002
Namewash Cloisters
A clean name costs money; the confession stays in slate
The Causeyworks washes doubtful names with lye and ash, then keeps the confessions in slate. Recognition costs another visit; the old identity remains in stone.
Codex Ref. II.1.02-006
Namewash Night
The name comes back washed; the doubt stays in slate
Each week the Causeyworks requires residents to confess doubts about their names. The names are returned; the confessions remain in slate. The city calls this hygiene.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.02-004