The throne room had become a cage of frozen silver and broken white-gold stone. Empty Court nodes gaped in the walls where the opened Wedge had torn the avatar's external laws loose.
The Crowned Avatar still stood above the throne, but its authority could no longer reach past that stripped boundary. The King's right hand kept the physical shell pinned against Loccy's carried foundation while his left hand held the hostage circuits steady.
Loccy bore the central mass across four planted Wings, and every new fracture in her arms showed through the floor. Juna sealed the sky aperture with Daybreak Path, Rumi held the palace mouth, and Nari held the far mountain mark.
Against all of that stood Didi, four Shards strong, crossing frozen ground toward her older brother.
Hajin kept both unnamed blades crossed against the shell outside her boundary. The divine sword filled his right hand while its demonic mate filled his left, leaving no room for the Chain.
