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After a lifetime, the gate opens.
Cressa suspects this has very little to do with her banging and shouting.
Great, creaking mechanisms—older than the General can really comprehend—come unlocked, and the two massive slabs of machinery uncouple from each other and slide swiftly apart, retreating neatly into recesses carved into the cliffside where the gate was built. They move more cleanly and easily than mechanisms of their age should be able to, but Cressa doesn’t complain, only waits for Umbra to rise to his feet, still carrying the Tenno. She lets the warframe lead the way, following once she’s sure the coast behind them is clear. The gates close again once they pass safely through.
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