The final golden line loosened when another healer took pressure beneath the militia recruit's ribs.
Hajin kept the seal closed until a clinic runner reached the irrigation cut carrying Vella's treatment strip.
"All six are stable without your channel," she said, holding the marked page above the road. "Vella wants her own gold back before you empty it."
He released the contract path and allowed the remaining healing mana to return toward the clinic instead of answering her complaint.
Both exterior Rings faded when Aegis closed, and Hajin returned the Chain anchor to his inventory before crossing.
Hans left eight shields around Elise and Sable while Marrick's runners prepared both bodies for the town record.
The Gate still pressed across the ravine, though no brood marker remained between its surface and the inner mountain.
