The pull toward the door moved through the missing finger first.
Ty felt it as a line under the skin that was no longer there. The ache ran from empty air into his wrist, then down through the boot mark until the floor seemed to choose a direction for him.
He stayed where he was.
That took more work than stepping would have.
Omina saw the shift in his weight and put her pen down before she touched the hilt.
"No movement toward the sealed item while title pressure is active."
The drawer accepted the limit, then tried to name the next issue anyway.
Lost bone witness.
The words looked smaller than they felt.
JJ stared at them.
"A missing finger is not a witness stand."
Zunoder answered from the center of the room.
"A severed part can carry route condition and title contact."
Yun-Jin moved closer to Ty's right side.
"It can carry handling damage before it carries testimony."
