Hajin prepared a single microscopic thread of mana, recognizing that any larger manifestation would register as a direct assault.
He sat cross-legged outside the nullstone shell, keeping his five Rings dormant while Ferra unlatched an auxiliary maintenance channel.
He guided the thread through the narrow opening, following the child's natural circulation without attaching an active restorative command.
The captive girl watched with guarded intensity from behind her translucent soul membrane, both hands tangled nervously in her hair.
Hajin remained outside her direct field of view while his Divine Eye tracked the subtle metaphysical reaction through the contact thread.
The golden mana brushed the first extraction needle, immediately displacing her dark demonic core half a finger's width from its seat.
He severed his thread the instant the displacement began, preventing the unstable core from tearing loose from its biological mooring.
