The evacuation continued around Hajin while Hans finished fastening the closure board across the lower lift.
Two miners carried Bren toward the treatment cart and kept his splinted leg above every rut in the approach.
The other three workers stayed beyond the gold line with their harnesses still clipped.
None moved toward the sealed shaft, even when the broken cable dragged beneath the board.
Loccy remained beside the upper wheel with both hands around the slack cable.
The second pulse had ended below them, though smaller movements still traveled through the broken guide.
"The lift is closed," Loccy said while she watched the wheel tremble. "The mountain has not accepted that answer."
"It does not need to accept it yet," Hans replied while he drove the last board pin into place. "It only needs to remain below our people."
Hajin closed his two Rings after Aegis stopped receiving pressure from the sealed shaft.
