The state of the fight at minute eighteen:
Seraph with five cuts on the angel — the fourth and fifth on the already‑wounded right side, the accumulated energy in F2's scythe high but the angel anticipating attack angles increasingly well.
Jessica with F6 degrading the second left wing's edge to thirty‑one percent — real progress but slow, with the angel adjusting position to reduce the direct angle to the edge.
Raven with one hundred four F3 units reconstituted after the pulse that had cleared two hundred forty‑two — functional but far below the peak.
Alex with his eyes closed searching through F7, his right wrist still being healed by Emily, out of active combat.
And the angel adapting.
Not at a speed the team could ignore.
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Kira saw it first.
