Seraph at seventy percent of F2. Raven with twelve skeletons in constant rotation — not all attacking at the same time, some retreating while others arrived so Alex could never calculate exactly how many were in his immediate radius. And Jessica with the passive Entropy field making everything microscopically more difficult constantly.
F1 pushed to thirty‑two at minute twenty‑one.
Alex brought it down.
F5 reached thirty‑one at minute twenty‑three.
Alex brought it down. While he was bringing it down, F1 took advantage and reached thirty‑two again.
*They're coordinating,* Alex thought. *Not the Fragments. Seraph, Raven, and Jessica.*
*Seraph presses when F5 is rising. Raven escalates when F1 is dropping. Jessica is the constant background that makes everything cost more.*
*It's not combat. It's a system to force the bearer to constantly choose which Fragment to prioritize.*
