The public library doors opened after Nox removed the third key from personal storage. Every label across the living shelves turned blank after its controller collapsed. The temporary safe-zone barrier kept its pale line around the medicine corridor.
Sir Owen waited outside with more than a hundred survivors behind him. The four carriers had returned with their patients, spreading the report before anyone inside the archive reached the doors.
Emilia came out first because her public testimony and records had purchased the operation. Green light had returned to both wrists, though the collection marks remained as pale bands beneath her skin.
Yeda followed with one hand wrapped and the other holding her blade. The contribution screen traveled ahead of her across every phone in the common room, placing her name above everyone who entered.
[ Library operation: complete ]
[ Extraction authority: broken ]
[ Territorial key recovered: First Player ]
