The RelayAct III — The Fragments
Chapter 18 — Whose Hand
About 1 min
STUB — to be drafted. POV: Lena · Location: the slow routes.
The thread pulls taut: the lists aren't random rumor. Someone past the dark gate has been stitching the people who never travel into something — and Lena knows whose hand it is before anyone tells her. While she moved, Arin stayed and built. The act closes on recognition and resolve: bring them all together.
Carries: the Arin recognition (seed → payoff: recognition, not surprise); the two halves named for the reader. Withholds: whether they can be made to cohere.