The blue line on the broken marker did not open the wall. It brightened, faded, and returned at the same angle seven seconds later.
Rias kept everyone outside the evidence boundary while the pulse repeated. Her recording beacon hovered above the damaged metal, comparing each arrival with the first without touching the receiver channel. The countdown continued in the party's field record.
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"It is receiving a route advertisement," Rias said. "The marker has not acknowledged it. Whatever reassigned the collection route is announcing the next physical handoff through an existing network."
Cassandra enlarged the recorded blue line. Its tip pointed into the rear wall, but the stone showed no door, spell surface, or stored transport charge. "The direction may identify the next relay rather than a straight path."
