First Stop: South Access Trunk
The southern node sat beneath the east garden—ironically located just behind the irrigation controls for Bo's most dramatic tomato rows.
Ren handed her a datapad with the legacy routing codes, then held the garden door open like a man escorting a duchess to war.
"It'll be warm," he warned, voice smooth as polished stone.
Ava crouched beside the panel and popped the lid with a flick of her multi-tool. Warm was generous. It was practically sweating voltage under there.
"Power bleed," she muttered, already elbow-deep. "You weren't kidding about it being old."
"That panel predates Master Lucas," Ren replied.
"So it's ancient."
She tapped through three layers of coil resets, rethreaded the relay, and sealed it with a fresh node stamp.
The system chimed in her bracer.
[NODE 3-S REPAIRED — STABILITY +12%]
She exhaled and leaned back on her heels. "One down."
Second Stop: Sub-Level Ventilation Chamber
