Juna waited on the final roof while the capital checked every place her Daybreak Path would cut.
Four pale-gold Wings held the stored route around the outer pylon ring. Solar afterimages connected towers, chimneys, markets, and walls she had physically crossed.
An early release would sever the apertures and anyone left on the marked line while the technique had no automatic exemption for allies or civilians.
Eirwen said through the garden captains, "Southern streets are clear, but the western archive approach still contains Loccy's bearing column and six support workers."
Ferra moved those workers one at a time beneath the palace section. Loccy could not leave Worldbearer, but Juna's route passed above her position rather than through the carried mass.
One support worker had tied a safety line to the marked parapet. A cut with that rope attached could drag him upward even though his body remained below.
