Vella cleared Hajin for allocation the next morning, though the clearance still excluded every six-Ring manifestation. The funeral had ended the day before, and grief made her checks slower rather than faster.
The capital's mourning ribbon had traveled home in a letter, and the Sixth had hung its own plain cloth at the gate. Two territories had grieved the same man for very different reasons, and both records were honest.
She checked the Resonance lines from wrist to shoulder, then made him circulate ordinary mana through a slow clinic drill. The pathways held without a heat spike while he watched her face for the catch.
'Cleared to spend the points, not for a victory lap, and the difference will be enforced.'
Vella folded his sleeve down with a healer's finality and kept the progression panel closed. "The burns remain present, yet they are stable, so you may assign the five held points," she said.
