Chapter 700: The Palace's Choice
The higher flow lasted half a cycle before Leon shut it down.
He sat on the eastern flat inside his dimensional world, watching the reservoir's measured feed diminish. Nothing had torn. He had stopped as soon as pressure began collecting at the neutral center, but his irritation arrived with the same speed as if something had gone wrong.
It worked perfectly at the old volume. Naturally.
His foundation could accommodate the additional energy. The circulation could not yet redistribute the supply quickly enough when demand changed.
He ran a slower trial and followed the delay.
The nine affinity branches already operated at different rates, drawing on the neutral reserve as needed. Their supply routes, however, still responded on the same schedule. Under a sudden increase, the busiest route finished receiving its share too late.
He had improved what each branch did with its energy and left the distribution behind.
Leon reached for his notes.
