Emery was finally transferred from the damp underground cell into a heavily secured residence designated for high-risk detainees awaiting special proceedings.
It was, at least, dry.
Comfortable.
He was given a private chamber with minimal restraints. The suppression seals remained active, but they were calibrated rather than oppressive. The Magus Alliance clearly intended to preserve him intact for what was coming next.
The Trial of Distinction.
Emery had invoked it, yet he knew nothing about what it entailed. VIA, whose database lagged two millennia behind current Alliance infrastructure, could offer no insight. All internal communications within the secured residence were sealed from external information streams.
Which meant uncertainty.
While waiting, Emery devoted every hour to recovery.
He meditated continuously, refining circulation pathways and stabilizing residual fluctuations.
