Thanos's warning proved to be prophetic. The Bureau didn't wait weeks to make their move. They didn't even wait days. They made their first play the very next morning.
It didn't come as a threat or a secret message. It came as a public report released simultaneously to all major government and military branches, including the Academy. A copy appeared on the Headmaster's desk, its official Bureau of Anomalous Species seal glowing with an harmless blue light.
Seraph brought the report to Jonah's workshop. She didn't bother knocking. The door slid open and she strode in, her face held back a storm of anger.
"They've done it," she said, her voice sharp and cold as ice. She tossed a data slate onto his workbench. It clattered against the metal, the sound echoing in the quiet room. "The Bureau just made their play."
