In the offices on Absolution, Max was nearly finished with the necessary paperwork for the Council when the message from Nico came to the receptionist's desk downstairs, who passed a note to the Butler for Max to read.
It was a bit of a convoluted path, but handwritten notes couldn't be intercepted by digital surveillance should there be a bug in the room, and when they were tossed into the replicator for recycling, there would be no traces of them left over.
The Druid was very impressed with the arrangement, as the species was very fond of physical notes instead of digital everything, but the rest of the Envoys found it to be a bit tedious and were much more used to having connectivity within their meeting rooms.
Max could sense their unease, so he decided to give them a ray of hope.