Hajin entered the forge through the copper safe path while Aria carried the sealed clinic record beside his shoulder.
The anomaly channels remained black beneath eighteen scorched outlines, and their single prepared batch had been consumed during Ferra's defense.
Her first Wing stretched across the furnace side, using floating tongs and gauges to maintain pressure around the cracked lining.
No ordinary workers remained inside the yard, leaving production silent while the damaged furnace released heat through one controlled vent.
Ferra glanced toward Hajin without releasing the valve bar beneath her scaled palm.
"The clinic horn stopped," she said, directing one floating hammer toward a loose brace. "Tell me Vella kept every last one of her patients."
Hajin placed Aria's sealed record above the anvil before answering her.
"Every patient inside Vella's clinic survived the night," he said. "Ash stopped a delayed spell on his own, then collapsed afterward."
