The silver seam unfolds without a sound, revealing a narrow passage carved through black stone. Behind them, Mara and Vetta remain with the covenant records, while Nhal accompanies Slaan below.
The passage opens into an observatory. Starless crystal lenses hang in concentric rings around a dormant silver instrument, all pointed toward a ceiling of polished darkness.
As Slaan reaches the chamber’s center, her maternal mark ignites across the instrument’s rim. Fine silver script begins recording her presence, naming her authorized witness.
Nhal
The sealed engine is drawing power through this room. Not enough to awaken the instrument, but enough to make every lens remember you.
A low vibration passes through the floor. The lenses turn by fractions, aligning with Slaan’s mark as pale symbols gather across the dormant instrument.
Nhal
It is not showing the stars. It is searching for the place your mother hid beyond them.
The final lens settles with a quiet click. A sealed aperture appears in the instrument’s center, awaiting the authorized witness while the chamber holds its breath.
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