Chapter 307: Cole's Team
Day four at Zone Two.
Kai had seated eleven anchors across the past two days. The pace was slower than Zone One — each position required a full read before he could match it, and reads without Flow State ran long. He used Flow State twice per session to calibrate new positions in unfamiliar rock, then worked standard point-match grammar between activations. Two full sessions per day, two to three anchors each.
Pool management was the careful work. Start each session at full from the morning rest. No grinding. Eleven weeks was more than enough time if the grammar held — and so far the grammar held.
The entity remained in its quiet holding state. Mira's darker shell carried its low steady light throughout each session. When an anchor seated, the light steadied — a small acknowledgment, nothing more. The entity knew. It said nothing else.
