Theme: structural_integrity — Status: unfolding
As the pressure mounts for the inevitable window, Zara detects a troubling pattern of cyclical overflow in the primary hydro-manifold—a pattern that bypasses Silas's perfect schematics. Torvin and Zara must convince Silas that the most immediate threat is not the wormhole, but the structural exhaustion of the seawall itself. This deepens the tension between engineered efficiency and raw, ground-level material reality.