The major surge arrived while the circle was still on the thinner residual ground, half a mile short of the open valley.
It rose from the scar tissue of the primary claim in a single continuous expansion that the residual wills met and amplified with coordinated investment through both locks at once. Primary claim pressure and secondary residual marking surged together. The previous owner's residual awareness flooded across the open scar in full coherent sequence, no longer limited to advisory fragments or overlapping perception. For a span of breaths the two sets of memories and the two sets of tactical knowledge occupied the same awareness without boundary.
The god-heart remnant met the surge at the limit of its remaining capacity. Containment held for the first critical moments and then began to fail by fractions. Internal progression climbed under the combined self-generated and residual force.
[Primary claim internal progression: 89%]
