It was a fracture.
"Esi Tronic," she whispered, using the old slang from her engineering days. Energy-Signal Interface. But this wasn't an interface. It was a rupture. An "Esi Tronic Crack." esi tronic crack
Then, she heard it.
"Why?" Elara shouted, clutching the wrench though she knew it was useless against a ghost in the machine. It was a fracture