Didi kept her fingers above the empty bearer channel after the King's answer ended. Gazel's name remained inside the oath record, while the fitted route returned no living response toward the mark identifying her as its protected source.
Hajin closed the Stream before grief became another performance for distant viewers. Two royal recorders waited beside the sealed admission page, and neither turned a sheet while Didi stared at the place where the current had vanished.
"The archive still knows his name and the current he carried, so does some part of Gazel remain inside the oath?" she asked.
Her father lowered his gaze toward the final renewal signature, and Hajin opened Divine Eye through his left side and left every Ring, along with the burned pathway in his right arm, untouched.
