The Phantom Curve and Chaos Resonance in close succession after the reserve expenditure of the earlier engagement had pushed him past concerning and into territory that required an honest assessment.
One more technique. Maybe two if the first one didn't finish it.
Yan seemed to reach a similar conclusion from its own perspective. The amber eyes steadied, the calculation behind them settling into a decision rather than continued assessment, and when Yan moved next, it moved with the particular quality of something that had decided to use what it had left rather than continue conserving.
