The first labyrinth camp became safe only after Jiang proved he could leave it.
That test did not begin at the entrance.
Food reached nine minutes while Hessa inspected the cracked release pin. No one at the labyrinth could repair load-bearing wood before the clock emptied. Jiang did not turn toward the Seasonal Passage and assign a solution.
The outside alliance had already made one.
Nera Holt's human route team brought the fourth cycle count from the upper melt line. Black-Crown's north adults returned from the fish channel on their own call. Split-Beak's south line reached the reed margin through a separate exit. Their three methods never shared a leader, and none had waited for Jiang or Aylin to leave the labyrinth.
[SEASONAL PASSAGE CYCLE4]
[Human exit1 | north rookery exit1 | south rookery exit1]
[Missing0 | injuries0 | ownernone | unified command0]
[Jiang roles0 | Aylin roles0]
The catch came with them.
