The last ranking thread slid into the exposed core while Hajin kept four Rings turning through the aligned Chain.
"That's it, swallow every last strand, you greedy tin bastard!"
The northern visor split beneath the Chain's forced seam as its gauntlets quit selecting targets and opened above the center. Every measurement collapsed inward without leaving the core's exposed margin, readying a discharge through whatever routes this room still offered.
"Uh-oh, that's not measuring anymore..."
[ Protocol inversion: Measurement abandoned | Action: Archive detonation and rank-core rupture ]
[ Local target: Princess Didi, 3 Shards | Lower target: Preservation network ]
One route drove behind the broken cabinets toward the records below, and another split into three threads aimed at Didi. The removed pin denied the armor any alternate body, but her remembered foundation still lay open to the distant command.
