The warehouse emptied quickly after Thalia's declaration.
Keeva, Yara, and Osric filed out to begin surveying the settlement, assessing damage, cataloging resources, identifying any remaining potential threats. Their footsteps faded as Osric's silence barrier dissolved, allowing sound to return to normal.
That left five Transcendents with Solarius.
Finn pulled a chair across the stone floor, positioning it a few feet from where the Champion lay bound, then sat, watching.
The Error-made chains still held Solarius motionless. Finn could sense the invalidation effect woven through each link, a conceptual lock that made what was left of the Champion's divine power forget how to function.
Solarius had attempted suicide at least three times since being bound. Finn had felt each attempt through the chains' feedback, surges of his remaining divine essence trying to self-detonate, trying to stop his own heart. Each attempt had been nullified before it could complete.
