Turlough throws off his restraints

Trapped beneath the space liner’s grating plates, Turlough risks exposure in the dark and cramped underfloor to shove aside a third heavy blocker and create a gap large enough to crawl through. His act of physical rebellion against Terminus’s confinement reveals the station’s callous disregard for living beings as nothing more than obstacles to be cleared away. The barrier gives way with a final scrape of metal on metal, wide enough for escape yet narrow enough to require genuine effort, underscoring the difficulty of freedom under the Garm’s watch. Inside, the gritty metallic smell of the bowels mixes with the distant hum of failing machinery, reminding Turlough that every inch gained comes with new dangers still unseen. key_dialogue: [ TURLOUGH: He couldn't have heard us. We're going to get out of here even if we have to smash our way out. ]