House Sixteen's wall opened six centimeters before North's head stopped.
The two lifting screws held the lower edge. Dera Koss drove no third screw into living tissue. She passed a woven scar belt around the gray foundation while Irik Vann fed the far end beneath the cracked wall.
Ura Vem lowered House Seven's branch pressure at Lower Gate. Tarr Meki cleared the nearest middle-channel floor. Their separate actions took weight off the crack without fastening another structure to North.
The wall held at six centimeters.
No current body appeared inside House Sixteen. Rina entered a contained structure and no resident count.
Caleb stayed beside the grounded three-point rig. Sefa's refusal of another climb remained in force. Tova Ruun and Eki Ruun kept the nine House Seven residents on the flexible seed walk while Dera finished the belt.
The listed team still had one return.
