North's open eye held Basalt inside it.
The pupil reflected Recovery Walker Nine first, then North Yard lamps and storage's concrete roofs. The five-legged frame pulled through its copper tubes, keeping the living route at the center of the eye.
Veki Orl answered from behind storage's divider.
"Seventy-five current people are here. We do not accept destination, shelter duty, or impact ground for North."
She closed the surviving freight door and retained the divider. The refusal removed no pressure from the frame's tubes.
At Central Treatment, Pela kept Meka Ruun's burn bed inside its current room. Meka lifted her two moving fingers and accepted treatment through the first debridement, not a terrace arrival.
South Bank answered through two separate keepers. Lenn Ova retained the half-tank line feeding the clinic. Ruti retained the closed burn branch. Neither offered water, fire reserve, or district ground to the eye line.
