Dawnbinder reached into his storage ring and brought out small crystal droplets.
The room quieted.
Dawnbinder lifted the vial and said, "These are path-drops."
He let one bead of crystal hover above his palm.
"It contains my authority, my essence, and the route-marking logic of my Law. With one of these, a person can walk a Luminarch path without me physically guiding them."
That made even Shadow look at the droplets more closely.
Marie blinked. "You can do that?"
Dawnbinder smiled faintly.
"I cannot give them my eyes. But I can lend them my permission."
Lucien's gaze sharpened with approval.
That was better than he expected.
It meant their movement would no longer be bottlenecked by Dawnbinder's personal presence. They could split cleanly, strike multiple points, and still use the hidden routes without exposing the pattern behind them.
The mood in the room shifted at once.
What had been merely possible became practical.
Then they refined the plan further.
