Over the next days, Aria participated in intensive planning sessions at the Assembly. Working groups formed to address different aspects of the crisis. Education protocols. Security measures. Research initiatives. Victim support systems.
She also met privately with the restoration working group to address the specific implications for their work.
"The new extractions are causing more severe damage than original Collector work," she explained, showing documentation from the victim she had treated on the road. "Copycat extractors lack precision. Their attempts cause pathway destruction that may be irreversible."
"Can we develop techniques to address that level of damage?" Sorin asked.
"Possibly," Aria said. "But it will require significant research and probably low success rates initially. We are talking about pathway reconstruction from near total destruction rather than just clearing and reconnection."
