Ferra stopped the evidence wagon outside the quarry entrance while Hans extended the cleared perimeter.
Every worker remained beyond the upper ore yard, so only Hajin, Juna, plus Ferra stood inside the cutting yard.
Loccy stayed at the surface wheel with the released brace lines coiled beside her feet.
She watched the quarry from beyond the gold line and refused to let another cable enter the test area.
The dead custodian lay inside the Legendary Chain with its five bands separated from the pale torso.
Three corrupted fittings occupied closed loops farther downhill, unable to reconnect through the restrained links.
Ferra's forge-light Wing surrounded six ceramic tools as she approached the intact refusal socket.
She examined its empty sections before she allowed Hajin to loosen the final loop around its casing.
"The active command is gone," Aria reported while following one white-gold layer inside the socket. "A stored response remains beneath the original refusal route."
