Jade fell sideways with Ty's skull against her ribs and saw five ways he died.
Her left eye found broken shelves, chains, and people turning through the open road. The damaged eye forced itself open beneath the cheek patch. Color left the storehouse. Every dead rail shone white, and each piece of Ty ended inside a different hard edge.
Through the damaged eye, teeth beneath the west opening closed around Ty's right hand, three loose ribs broke against a roof moving east, and the skull in Jade's coat reached a black hook below her. Farther away, his left hand stayed with Tovan's breathing cup until a closing freight wall crushed both.
The eye showed only the point where each current pull finished hurting; every destination beyond that stayed blank.
Jade caught Kestra's numbered chain with her living hand.
"Keep the three carriers fixed to your post because their shared line continues beyond my sight."
