The western monument discharged before Didi's first route captain cleared its surrounding road. White-gold pressure struck the district gates from inside, locking evacuation bars designed to stop an invading army from entering the capital.
Hajin reached the nearest intersection with Juna beside him, while Ferra rode behind Loccy carrying three unfinished grounding stakes. One Ring turned around his right wrist as Aegis caught a gate beam above a line of trapped wagons.
"Move through the service lane behind Juna," he ordered, holding the barrier narrow enough to avoid the copied command from his room, "leave every wagon until the people behind it are counted."
Juna manifested one Wing and cleared the jam without cutting the occupied gatehouse. Her Vanguard blade removed two fallen axles, giving palace route guards enough space to pull families through the lane in groups of twenty.
