Serian placed the first root-opening diagram beside Nox's seven sealed channels there. The procedure showed needles, resin pressure, mana flow, plus contamination gates without containing one reference to soul contact or emotional synchronization. The shared screen named every technical input without assigning emotional authority anywhere.
"The root opens a channel by feeding neutral mana against its sealed direction," she said.
"What decides neutral?" Nox asked.
"Mana stripped of elemental memory inside a living stabilizer," Serian replied.
"Who controls the stripping process?" Vasa asked.
"My technical lead shapes the root, while your auditor measures the remaining affinity," Serian said.
"Then the person selling the method also controls whether the measurement appears safe," Vasa replied.
