The shutter rose the width of Iven’s hand.
Behind it, the upper hall waited in strips of lamplight. Boots crossed the light. A heavy shield struck the floor once, and Mord Sall ordered the inner guards to hold the workers where they were.
Iven kept his hand away from the moving edge.
Plate, track grip, clamp bridge, bearing and winch occupied his five routes. The ordinary line ran through the checked side control. His clamp held its sound face while bearing guided the short return, and winch supplied only the controlled lift the mechanism could accept.
Cenn’s pair brought the physical retaining bar into the prepared recess.
Another finger’s width.
The bar seated.
Iven released the powered hold slowly, watching the ordinary support take the load. The shutter remained open at the agreed height. It did not depend on an invisible sixth function when he changed what came next.
