"Well," Magnus sighed while refocusing on the immediate task, "at least we know we've been lazy if this is killing us and he's doing at least double as much. Let's continue and hope his plan works as well as he says."
And they continued the work of directing mutant flows through control that the hearts provided.
The manipulation of corrupt creatures that was believed to be uncontrollable now that Yino's leaders were crystalised but that seemed to be responding to signals the crystals transmitted. Like shepherding livestock through gates, the beasts followed the paths of least resistance following the directions that the hearts signaled for them.
Magnus adjusted the blue core's position fractionally. Dorian compensated with red core shift. The purple cores pulsed in synchronization...
Below them, in tunnels they couldn't see, hundreds of mutants adjusted their paths in response to subtle energy gradient changes.
