The delayed pulse hit Hajin's right wrist before Aria could close the captured sample's final boundary.
His old Goddess Resonance channels woke beneath the sleeve and dragged heat toward the damaged forearm, speeding up the measurement. Incarnation lagged behind its own return while command arrived out of order, offering the avatar an execution route through scrap.
"Shit, not the arm, not that arm—!" Hajin jerked his hand away from Didi as his right shoulder caught fire.
[ Sample: Phase drift | Hostile use: Direct execution route ]
[ Affected channels: Right wrist, forearm, shoulder | Recorded profile: Preserved ]
Aria marked a purge path beside the returning phases, and three visors swung away from the pin toward his sleeve. Their center slipped his grip but left the outer sample behind, a fresh route into whatever body still held it.
She shut the first bypass, then showed him the one escape still running through his own channels.
