Rowan knew the eastern water route was wrong.
He did not know which alternative was right.
The Grace Layer announcement reached every corridor at once, stripped of comfort and blame.
ALL ENHANCED FUNCTIONS RECLAIMED
Originating covenant lacked continuing consent.
Habitat baseline operation restored.
Three route options opened on the manual panel. Rowan studied the pressure readings, asked the maintenance crew what they had seen, and selected the center channel.
No certainty arrived.
The crew went anyway.
Bram was treating a crushed hand when restoration left him. The pale heat beneath his palms disappeared. Bone remained broken. Blood continued soaking the cloth.
For several seconds, he kept his hands where they were.
Then he requested a splint, boiled instruments, and another p
