Nari crouched upon a cedar telephone pole twenty paces from the fortified compound, her spotted ears swiveling in silent concentration.
Nari marked the moving guard's blind interval in her mind before committing to a route beneath the four visible vents.
She counted four distinct spatial exhaust vents glowing with faint violet runes along the perimeter wall of the counting house.
Her Four-Winged ability, No Exit, allowed her to clamp down on dimensional escape vectors, sealing spatial movement within a bounded perimeter.
Beneath her perch, Hajin held position behind the river boulders while Rumi slipped through a service louver toward the inner shelves.
"Four escape portals active," the younger twin whispered into her communication cuff, her voice calm and calculated.
"They intend to transmit the synchronization sequence in less than ten minutes."
"I am inside by the west shelves, little sister," Rumi answered over the link. "Hajin has the outer perimeter."
