Sera sent the warning through the official channel twice.
The first transmission broke into static. The second reached Tessa, who repeated the value and the location back to her. The control room did not acknowledge either message.
Orla stood beside Sera at the sensor station. Bren, the archer, watched the corridor while Asa kept the group’s equipment against the wall. Mel, their healer, checked a staged patient who had reported dizziness according to the exercise card.
“The reading is still moving away from the published model,” Sera said. “It hasn’t crossed the stated threshold. I can’t tell whether this is calibration, interference, or a change at the gate.”
Orla checked the group sheet. “Can you reach control on another channel?”
“There’s an alternate connection at the station desk.”
They went together, leaving Bren and Asa with the healer and the staged patient. Sera did not enter the restricted control room. At the desk, she switched to the alternate channel and identified herself, her location, and the time of the earlier warning.
A voice answered, but not to her.
