The breakthrough on dimensional pressure regulation came at 4 AM on day thirty-two of the countdown when Hope had been awake for seventy-three hours straight and was basically functioning on determination and spite and probably magic keeping her alive despite human body's requirement for sleep.
"I have it." Her voice was wrong. Hoarse. Broken. But certain. "Pressure regulation mechanism. We can use controlled micro-fractures instead of complete dimensional sealing. Release pressure gradually instead of catastrophically. Prevent both explosion and unbinding-triggered rupture."
Prevent both. Right. The miracle solution we'd stopped believing in.
"How?" Because the mechanism had been theoretical for weeks.
