You meet Dahlia at the regional desk and force an honest number into the light.

You cross the rental-house threshold and let twelve years stop standing between you.

You face the hard limits of Dahlia's desk while the dome closes in.

You share a warm kitchen night and leave a second chair impossible to ignore.

You stand with Dahlia through the peak-hour call that keeps the system upright.

You return after the worst hour and choose tenderness without pretending the job is gone.

You leave with the mug, the promise, and a place that stays set.

Make the first hard grid call at Saguaro Campus.

Reach the choice that opens the three main routes.

You keep the cooling row breathing beside Nadia.

You share the quiet after the east row survives.

You name the line between work and wanting.

You stay with Nadia through a night without distance.

You help Nadia face the audit with evidence intact.

You find a private rhythm above the running plant.

You choose the ordinary days with Nadia.

You meet Sawyer at a dry well and face the basin numbers.

You follow Sawyer to the overlook after the hearing.

You stand with Sawyer as the county weighs water against power.

You share one guarded night with Sawyer at the ranch.

You hear Sawyer force the water loss into the public record.

You and Sawyer take shelter together as the desert storm breaks.

You walk Sawyer's fence line and accept the shape of the ending.