Chapter 687: Nine Different Answers
The Earth branch settled into a slower rhythm, and Leon's first thought was that he should have tried this months ago.
A small, constant effort eased. He had been correcting that branch for so long that he barely noticed himself doing it anymore. Now the current moved without his interference, steady enough that he allowed it another complete cycle.
That's better.
Then it returned to the neutral route.
Water wavered at the junction.
Leon followed the disturbance through the next cycle. Earth's slower return had changed how the two currents met, and Water now needed the attention he had just stopped giving Earth.
"Oh, fuck off."
He reduced the input and restored his previous settings. The circulation steadied before the disturbance could become anything more than an uncomfortable pressure beneath his ribs.
For a moment, he sat looking at the unopened reservoirs.
Then he reached for his record book.
