Elara and Petra, apprentices in the high-altitude botanical enclosures, discover their spectral ferns have gone completely dark due to the resonance drain, not wilting from heat loss but losing their internal light song. Petra recalls lore about stabilizers used in the Grotto display and retrieves the specialized Mica Dust, a non-conductive material. They apply the dust to the enclosure seams. The dust does not restore the original green light but instead forces the ferns into a stable, deeply buffered indigo glow, proving the resonance is widespread and capable of forcing functional, albeit altered, stability. Realizing the threat is systemic, they look toward the town square lights, understanding the stabilization efforts must move to the primary anchor points.