Ferra closed a fresh refusal brace around Hajin's right forearm before anyone crossed Didi's protected line toward the completed Court.
The first brace had broken after Collector spent its single defense, while the second replacement had shattered during the later gate backlash.
Neither object had returned, so Ferra had forged this third brace during the final weapon preparations. She had used new palace iron plus remaining refusal wire.
She pressed her maker stamp into the inner plate before Aria added the new object to Hajin's inventory record.
[ Refusal Brace Three: Equipped ]
[ Capacity: One Distributed Backlash ]
[ State After Use: Unsafe Debris ]
Ferra tightened the last leather strap before giving her warning. "You get one spread impact, then every scored seam turns into a cutting edge."
Hajin flexed his newly braced fingers while replying to her. "One impact, then the pieces come off before I pretend they can save me twice."
