Several minutes before Night Espresso's charter collapsed, the copied formula's final line settled into the restricted slate as Victoria's body dissolved around Deadmaw's blade.
[Restricted Formula Slate sealed.]
[Lineage Function: Accelerated or falsified maximum-bond recognition.]
[Repeatable alchemical lineage preserved.]
The alchemist tore the slate free from the copying array and shoved it toward the next station. A second worker sealed the proof ampoule, secured it in its padded clamp, and passed both items to the quartermaster.
The quartermaster locked both items inside a black transfer case while the central cauldron drained into its neutralizing channel. Any carrier left in the cauldron would be destroyed during cleanup, but the ampoule preserved the successful sample. The slate held the ratios, sequence, and reaction timings needed to reproduce it.
