The torn school core waited beside Rexar's dead body while the central roof continued breaking. Four independent ward lights touched its surface without restoring the institution they had dismantled. No surviving room number claimed authority over the waiting surface anymore there.
[ Permanent dungeon core unclaimed ]
[ Available resolutions: claim, destroy, abandon ]
[ Destruction will collapse active infrastructure ]
[ Abandonment will permit hostile succession ]
Nox placed the bent firearm beside the core before choosing anything there. Its empty chamber had finished the weapon's last useful purpose, leaving no hidden shot inside the object everyone had watched him carry into school.
"Science water fails if the core collapses, while cafeteria ration storage loses preservation within twenty minutes," Vasa said.
"How many people reach an exterior safe zone before then?" Nox asked.
"None, because no exterior safe zone has confirmed civilian admission," she replied.
