Chapter 313: Hybrid Anchor
He descended at the fourth hour.
The compressed highland rock met the carrier function with a character he recognized — the tight layer structure, the even pressure at depth, the particular stillness of stone that had been compressed for a very long time without movement. It was Zone One's grammar. Not identical — the rock here was cooler, denser, the mineral composition slightly different — but the approach was the same. Point-match, hold, extend.
He found the first potential anchor position at fourteen meters. He attempted the match.
The carrier function seated — partially. The grammar completed. The anchor held.
And then the stone around the anchor point moved.
