The command house opened its repaired eastern doors on the sixth morning after Flint's capitulation.
Those doors completed work funded before Dreth's cavalry reached the watchposts, then repaired again after contract assassins entered through the unfinished roof.
The route hall kept its old scars beneath fresh braces instead of pretending the war had missed it.
Across the square, the regional guildhall opened from a construction order carrying the same weeks-old date. Its foundation had risen during the blockade, while carpenters finished the interior around battle shifts plus shelter repairs.
Hajin crossed between both entrances with every Ring closed beneath his sleeve. Vella had removed the outer chest bandage that morning, although she still prohibited channeling through the two pathways injured inside Dreth's Zone.
"You can lift a cup without my permission," Vella told him, "you cannot lift a Ring because the new building has a roof."
