Sekar stared at the System notification displaying Rama's critical status while her own one-percent health screamed for rest that Mumbai's salvation didn't permit. Five minutes until his death became irreversible. Five minutes to decide between personal survival and partnership preservation. Five minutes to prove what Coalition-complete actually meant beyond tactical coordination and mission success statistics.
The mathematics were brutally simple. Rama was dying at two-percent health because Coalition Eternal only activated for complete system failure. For zero-percent total collapse. For death events requiring mechanical restoration rather than critical deterioration approaching extinction.
He needed to die completely before death prevention engaged. Needed system failure triggering revival protocols. Needed crossing threshold from dying to dead.
