The balustrade snapped beneath Hajin's hand as he vaulted onto the gallery where Corven raised his rapier before the casing. Seven Shard manifestations spun around the deputy's arms, and gale arrows still pinned the hoist door hard against its frame.
Behind the deputy, the broken winch dangled against the hoist frame from one snapped bolt.
Inside the covered alcove, Juna kept her arrow on four surrendered guards and their open hands.
"Stay away from this reserve!" Corven shrieked, jamming the battery against the rail, "the southern district sealed that casing, you've got no right to take it!"
"Oh, a seal, how terrifying."
Hajin landed just beyond the live cable as the Chain uncoiled above his right forearm toward the deputy's raised rapier. Below the gallery, the last carrying teams followed the green beacon while the anchored ward still held their route covered.
