Fear is a powerful catalyst. For the Purists, their inability to comprehend the Thorn Weave solidified into a cold, hard certainty: the Woven were a blight to be purged. The Un-Corruptors, once a radical sect, were now hailed as heroes, their methods becoming the blueprint for a new, unified strategy. The Purists began to consolidate their forces, pooling their processing power and resources. They were no longer content with small-scale “cleansings.” They began to design a weapon of mass destruction, a logic bomb so powerful it could scour entire sectors of the Arboretum, erasing not just the Woven, but the very possibility of their art. The era of targeted strikes was over. The Purists were preparing for a total war.