The Zero Point Rite (2026) : 2x15

Liam's network pull of their first ambitious operation, targeting government entropy research facilities in 5 cities simultaneously. There are no casualties, but the government response is faster and harder than he anticipated. Within 48 hours, 3 network cells are rolled up and 11 weavers are detained. Liam recalibrates - not with panic, but with a cold shift toward something more extreme than he's previously allowed himself to consider. Several members of the network quietly express concern. Liam listens carefully, answers every objection calmly, and persuades most of them. But only most. One leaves. Not because they're weak, or stupid, but because they think Liam has genuinely crossed a line. All they tell him is; "I can't help with this." And they're gone. Lilith watches through it all and says nothing, because she already said what she had to say in the Brecon Beacons. At the safehouse, both factions process the same news. Vane says, quietly: "He's accelerating."