The false body held nine thousand tons above Central Civic Shelter.
Soma measured the roof slab, observatory edge, and broken East Array bowl twice.
"If it lets go, the shelter drops into the Array. East Market loses two blocks with it."
Three thousand four hundred people occupied those blocks.
The Kim face in the body's chest smiled at Caleb.
"Take responsibility for it."
Caleb stood in black water under the held roof.
"Responsibility for what?"
"Its direction. Its force. The people beneath it."
"They are not one thing."
The body tightened one arm under the slab.
Concrete stopped falling over the east exit.
"They become one thing when weight falls."
Continuity opened the operator vote again.
The motion now carried a physical release proposal. Bay Twelve would hold one cutoff at its pump station. South Ward would hold another at Mira's door.
Pike read the plan.
"Both cutoffs operate through mercy infrastructure. The address can close them before they close it."
