The false sun opened above the stolen sky heart, pouring blue-white light across the upper terraces while every citizen who looked upward received the same walking command.
Workers stopped beneath the shelter roofs, turned toward the upper stairs, and began climbing with empty faces while their neighbors shouted names that no longer reached them.
Juna flew above the first terrace, cutting one hostile eye from the false light before its command could pull three more citizens toward the stolen heart.
The destroyed eye burst into harmless blue sparks, though the remaining light tightened its command around everyone who had seen the opening strike.
Hajin raised three Rings around the shelter roofs, catching the next pressure wave while Didi held the storm vault behind a silver boundary.
"Cover their eyes," Hajin shouted. "The light is carrying a command through sight, and the people below are not willing targets."
