Elara revoked the Cairo tray direction while Caleb's press kept moving.
She closed the field screen with her left hand.
The wanted angle ended. Caleb's silver remained twelve centimeters inside the loaded press because asphalt had removed the deadband.
"No current acceptance," Caleb said.
He opened his right hand.
The press did not release.
Ridge road held its head against the foundry machine. Cairo's tray finger moved another meter toward Mara's box.
Ward Nine withdrew its red pressure handle from the route body's knee.
The asphalt leg lost warning and dropped through Ridge yard. Two empty trucks fell with it. Yard crews escaped under local gates because the handle keeper named withdrawal before pulling.
North Rail withdrew its signal pin next.
The harmful-route stop left the vertical road. The leg stepped forward and tore asphalt out of Foundry Press Two.
Sela reached the machine release.
She dropped the press head before the road could reconnect.
