Location:Mid Ring, Vel'thari Containment — Dead Spot, Shuttle Cockpit
Date/Time:Late Ashwhisper, 9941 AZI — Day 83, 282 days remaining
Realm:Lower Realm, Doha
Eden's fingers moved across the screen with the unconscious familiarity of a woman who'd used these devices for sixty years. "The data you've been getting from the dump. The Charling caste structure. Let's build a proper reference. I'll record, you talk. Start with the structure."
Jayde took the datapad. Opened the sketch function, basic but the stylus worked. She drew three concentric circles. Labelled them: Outer. Mid. Deep.
"Three rings," she said, handing the pad back. "The containment is structured in concentric zones. Each ring has its own castes. The deeper you go, the larger and more dangerous."
"How many total?"
