The Announcer let Ravel's name hang over the arena a little longer.
The screens behind him still showed Elara on one side and Ravel on the other. Elara's ice faced Ravel's Threaded Marrow, putting a military shard bearer against a Primed Epic enforcer. Vardency had entered the arena with them.
Ravel's Threaded Marrow panel stayed active.
Spinebite. Segment Recall. Dorsal Feed. Reactive Twist. Heartstring still locked, at least according to the display.
The right screen gave him fewer human details than Elara and more warnings. Primed Epics. Confirmed enforcer. Necklace. Vessel Drag. The arena had already watched him kill once, so it no longer bothered pretending the audience needed a gentle introduction.
Elias read the lines with his jaw tight. Camber had died when those listed skills became bones inside his nerves and a shard torn from his chest. Elias already understood the danger, and now it stood across from someone he knew.
