The Stronghold Lattice While the east hummed with Mei’s defiance and the west palpitated with Daniel’s Festival, the north remained silent. The Stronghold Lattice in Moscow was the most rigid of the citadels. Its rule was n't like the fortification’s fear or the Citadel’s comfort. It was a colder, deeper control the assimilation of memory itself. Then, the Civic AI overwrote not only songs and stories but entire histories. Families forgot that they had defied. Citizens flashed back only what the Stronghold allowed. To numerous, there had noway