After all, if the rune activates the moment it connects with the belt, then it stands to reason it should die just as cleanly the moment it's separated. That was the idea after all. And achieving it would be a simple task for Kael right now.
The logic sat simple in his head. Clean. Mechanical. No mysticism needed, just cause and effect. Contact meant activation. No contact meant silence. That was the rule.
Then he just needed control over the contact.
And a spring can solve that issue.
A nonconductive type of spring.
And he already has the material for that.
Only the material itself to make the spring is very conductive…
Kael exhaled slowly through his nose, shoulders loosening just enough as the problem settled into something workable instead of abstract annoyance. His fingers drummed once against the edge of the work surface before stilling. Atrax silk. It wasn't ideal, but nothing in this place ever was.
