Morning arrived without sunlight entering the room, and the completed audit seal kept the camp beneath a patient black glow.
Didi's frost held the outer ring, though the center pulsed whenever the distant authority searched for a path toward the bed.
Cessy sat against the bed frame with Vella's gold circling her safe wounds, while Lucan stood beside the broken crossing.
Hajin kept four Rings open beneath Aegis, and Juna leaned against his shoulder with one hand resting above the old Resonance lines.
"The pain is changing," Juna said. "Your arm is carrying the route pressure instead of the floor."
Hajin closed one Ring, then felt the completed seal push harder through the foundation beneath his boots and the bed's supports.
"I can hold this with three for a moment."
"Keep it there until this pause becomes a bad habit," Juna replied. "Then I will close your hand myself."
