The second full day inside the sealed residence passed without further messengers. Essence reserves climbed back toward full. The residual cold left the bones. Lisa's side and Rhea's shoulder finished healing under the steady medical pulses Elena and Caroline maintained through the network. By mid-afternoon the physical recovery was complete enough that Trevor authorized light internal refinement.
He did not take them upstairs. He kept the work in the main living area under full network observation. The goal was not saturation. That had already been achieved. The goal was confirmation that the absolute link remained stable under deliberate, controlled load after the Ice Forge.
