Rosa Lewis has seated Batty on a padded platform inside her workshop. Copper arms of the scanner arch overhead, their lenses humming as blue lines pass across his stitched wings and button eyes.
Rosa Lewis
Hold still, Batty. The first pass is only diagnostic. I need a clean reading before I ask your copies to manifest.
A monitor beside the platform fills with layered silhouettes of Batty, some stable and bright, others dissolving into static. Rosa adjusts two brass dials without looking away from the data.
Rosa Lewis
There is more energy in that little body than the measurements can explain.
The scanner’s tone climbs half an octave. A warning icon flashes amber, and a restraint belt tightens gently across Batty’s middle before stopping.
Rosa Lewis
That was not the machine. Something in you answered it. Do not use your powers yet.
Rosa reaches toward the emergency cutoff, leaving one hand poised above it while the scanner waits. The workshop falls quiet except for its measured electrical hum.
✓ Quest Accepted
Complete Rosa Lewis's diagnostic scan
✓ Quest Accepted
Discover what answered the scanner
“I hold still and let the diagnostic scan finish.”
Batty stays still beneath the gently tightened belt. Blue scan lines sweep over his plush fabric, tracing every seam, button, and stitched wing while the lenses hum overhead.
Rosa Lewis
Good. Keep holding that position. The readings are stabilizing.
Batty
The belt is still snug around my middle.
Rosa watches the monitor as the dissolving silhouettes sharpen into clean outlines. Amber warnings fade one by one, replaced by quiet green indicators.
Rosa Lewis
There. Diagnostic pass complete. No damage, no instability, and no unexpected power discharge.
The scanner lowers its tone and the blue lines vanish. Rosa releases the emergency cutoff, then loosens the restraint belt without removing it completely.
Quest Complete
Complete Rosa Lewis's diagnostic scan