The hard-light bridge locks into place over the void channel, each golden slab clicking to Kynes’s heartbeat. The Soul-Cutter throbs red in his grip, and the shadow-mark on his palm stirs like something waking hungry.
Venom
At last. Let the well open. Let it know us.
Bren steps closer to Kynes’s flank, blade low, eyes fixed on the bridge. Dust rains from the cracked ceiling as the vault’s walls tilt inward, funneling him toward the conduit.
Bren
Kynes, keep that thing quiet. I do not trust what is reaching for you.
Kynes
The bridge is keyed to the blade and the mark.
The gold path brightens, then splits, showing a second pulse beneath it. One current answers Kynes. The other answers the shadow in his hand. Ahead, the void-well waits like an open throat, and the vault demands a single heir.
Venom
Step. Claim it. Or I take the step for you.
✓ Quest Accepted
Assert control over the void-well