At the junction, frost vapor crawls over exposed conduit and broken panels. The outbound relay path glows faintly on Nahuli's scanner, one clean route through the station's guts.
The Botanist
I can kill the lights here, long enough to hide our heat. Then you go. I stay behind and cut the trace.
Her fingers are already in the wiring, braid of tool leads and sparking contacts moving with practiced speed. Zoya and Serafina keep their eyes on Nahuli, tense and waiting.
The Botanist
If Kaelen's team reaches this junction, they will pin us all. I can buy you a corridor. Do not waste it.
The lights shudder. Frost thickens into a white haze around her shoulders, swallowing her silhouette as the power grid starts to dip.
The Botanist tears free from the panel and steps back into the fogged dark, leaving the junction to Nahuli, Zoya, and Serafina as the blackout begins.
+ Scene Quest Added
Hide the heat signature through the station corridor