The Lever's exposed seam pulsed through the rehearsal chamber as Hajin entered with his twin blades drawn and ready.
Across the vaulted ceiling, conduit lines branched outward toward the central discharge basin, illuminating the masonry with erratic flashes of emerald radiance.
He tracked the conduit toward the discharge basin while his split-colored eyes scanned the remaining chamber supports.
Behind him, Juna and Nari secured the entryway, keeping their weapons ready to repel any reinforcement attempts.
"The resonance in this room is completely unstable," the wolf girl noted, her ears flattening against her silver hair.
"The seam we opened with the Lever cracked the primary conduit," Hajin answered, pointing toward the floor.
A brilliant strand of raw spiritual energy writhed across the flags, leaking from a fractured seam in the stone.
The energy hissed like a nest of disturbed vipers, sending arcs of emerald static dancing across the masonry.
