The Signal Beneath the Wreckage

The same night

Eira detects a deliberate signal in her prosthetic that does not match any known tide-storm frequency. With Klain, she joins the smuggler Suda aboard a salvage vessel, where they discover a warm lunar fragment containing a living band of light—and hear a bell ringing from beneath the sea.

The Bell Below

The next hour

The lunar fragment projects a spiral map leading beneath the eastern gyre, where submerged towers and bells become visible despite the impossible depth. Klain admits the scene matches his recurring dreams, but the fragment claims he saw it “before,” while the seven-pulse signal begins counting toward the seventh tide.