Hajin reached the clinic approach while twenty-four armored attackers pushed burning canisters through the treatment barricades.
The outer awning burned above an overturned carrying frame, although the stone clinic walls still protected every occupied cot.
Pell, one of Hans's first bell workers, lay dead beside the horn he had sounded before the attackers crossed the lane.
Four clinic guards remained beneath golden pressure seals near the doorway, each bearing a new wound that prevented further fighting.
[ New Sixth Region Casualties ]
[ Pell: Deceased ]
[ New Serious Injuries: 4 ]
[ Clinic Patients Lost: 0 ]
Vella stood between the attackers and the open clinic doors, holding a violet wall across the entire treatment yard.
Golden threads extended behind her into the building and maintained the patients while orderlies dragged the four wounded guards inside.
