Rin kept pace beside Xavier as they moved through another half-collapsed corridor, stepping over broken panels and cables that sparked every few seconds.
"You actually know where this teleportation gate is?" Rin asked, keeping his voice up over the noise. "Or are we just running in circles until the tower finishes the job for us?"
Xavier shook his head as a chunk of ceiling came loose behind them. "I don't know the exact floor. It's unmarked. Elevators don't stop there, and it doesn't show up on any public schematics."
Rin frowned. "That floor could've collapsed already. In this mess, how are we supposed to tell which one is unmarked?"
Xavier slowed near a junction where three hallways met, the metal beneath their feet creaking under strain. "A teleportation gate like that can't run on auxiliary power," he said. "It needs a dedicated energy core. High-density flux reactor, redundant stabilizers, its own containment field. You don't hide something like that quietly."
