Vella kept the western training hall closed until Didi's soul heat returned to its earlier baseline, and two quiet hours passed beneath gold diagnostic contact before she approved another attempt.
Gazel's complete prayer remained sealed behind Ferra's ceramic screen rather than serving as a circulation guide.
Aria preserved three frequency curves above the floor, including Hajin's hybrid reference, Gazel's borrowed route, and Didi's natural source response.
"Phase Lock will measure their relationship without sending my mana into you," Hajin said while loosening the wrap around his right wrist, "if either current begins treating me as its source, I release contact immediately."
Didi returned her sword to the evidence stand before entering the central circle, choosing to produce frost through her empty hand so steel, prayer, and Gazel's technique impression could not guide her body automatically.
