Prakit looked at the manual on the tablet. “Page 847 says we should log this as a major service.”

The manual was beautiful in its brutality. Every torque spec in newton-meters. Every clearance in millimeters. A diagram of the fuel injection pump drawn with German-Swiss-Finnish precision—exploded into sixty-seven parts, each with a lifetime and a warning: Do not deviate .

“We’re not late. We’re creative .”

“Manual says replace injector bank after 8,000 hours,” she muttered, scrolling. “We’re at 11,300.”