Vanessa stared at the Primordial Geode, her eyes showing both wonder and excitement. "A perfect, neutral core," she said. "The energy is stable enough. But Jonah, the sheer power... This workshop can't handle it. The psychic feedback alone would level the entire floor."
"I know," Jonah said. "That's why we're not going to use my workshop." He looked at Vanessa, a silent question in his eyes.
A slow smile spread across her face as she understood. "You're right. We're going to need a bigger workshop."
***
They moved the operation to a secure room in the Academy. It was the chamber that housed Vanessa's masterpiece: the Synthesis Loom.
It was a massive platform covered in patterns of glowing, silver runes. Crystalline conductors, like giant glass pillars, surrounded the platform, buzzing with contained power.
The team gathered in the chamber. The door sealed behind them.
"Alright," Seraph said, her voice all business. "What's the plan?"
