Cessy kept her attention upon the sealed vial while Lucan crossed to the window and checked their route. Eirwen never lowered her bow, leaving the arrow placed where either crossing body would pass before reaching the evidence desk.
"Anyone below the palace called her property," Hajin said, drawing one Chain link across the case, "the First Prince built a prison around her core, and something inside the blood answers whenever that prison moves."
"Then he found a claim older than his experiment," Cessy replied, letting her hands fall without approaching the desk, "minor demons receive an ownership mark before they understand language, and the cycle keeps it attached through every later body."
"Who owns it?" Hajin asked, watching both agents instead of the screen.
