Vella began clearing the Underworld backlash before the last black thread could reach the household's wounded pathways beneath the sealed crater.
She placed one gold hand against Hajin's burned shoulder, then asked permission before entering the sampled line beneath his tattoo.
Hajin nodded while Juna held his wrist steady, and Vella followed the foreign pressure without touching the Fragment inside him.
The gold moved through the tattoo in small safe branches, separating the commander's closure from the damage returned by the dissolved clone.
Didi kept her sixth Shard around the royal recall, allowing Vella to clear the shared burn without letting the old claim enter her blood.
Cessy sat beside Lucan beneath a folded blanket, while Vella left one treatment path open for the wound where her audit brand had been.
The three rescued workers remained awake beyond the boundary, each holding a separate gold thread that confirmed their bodies had not become replacement routes.
