The Hunting Avatar shifted its next attack into the canal district before Ferra finished grounding the mint. Three ward pylons struck the bridge foundations together, turning the evacuation span beneath four hundred residents into a connected weapon.
Loccy remained planted at the center where Burdenfall carried the pressure through both arms. The first impact lifted one side of the bridge, forcing her hammer downward until its head caught the rising structure inside her declared boundary.
"Keep walking," she ordered without looking toward the families behind her, "the bridge still belongs beneath your feet, and I will tell you before that changes."
Route guards passed the order along both lines while patients crossed through the middle. Nobody ran, because a crowded retreat would give the pylons more bodies to drive against their own support columns.
