The first row's internal review had ended, and the current resource slot was blank again.
The second-row applicant's application page still remained under pending personal scheduling.
Hirata placed the two pages on either side of the record board without pushing the blank slot toward the second row.
"There's an opening now," Sudo said.
"An opening doesn't mean there's a new executor," Gu Heng replied.
The second-row applicant reviewed the source of her page again.
She placed the previous review completion page beside the new application page.
"I agree to keep my application."
She looked up at Hirata.
"But I won't begin immediately this round."
Hirata recorded her personal decision without marking the delay as a withdrawal.
The third row added the following to the version page:
First row: Internal review for this round has ended Second row: Applicant agrees to retain application Second row: Applicant chooses to delay by one round Current resource: Opening retained, not automatically assigned
Hirata clipped "delay by one round" separately behind the personal application, keeping it from returning to the empty-resource column.
"If it doesn't begin this round, then it can't begin next round based solely on today's consent, either."
"The application must be reviewed again, confirmed again, and bear the scheduling occupancy again."
After listening, the second-row applicant reached out and added her personal confirmation at the bottom of the application page.
She did not describe the delay as preferential treatment that Class D would reserve for her.
Nor did she write that the opening would inevitably be hers next time.
Gu Heng drew a dividing line between the resource column and the personal column.
A resource could remain empty, and an application could be retained, but neither could overstep into the other's authority.
Sudo moved the coordination sheet from the first