[ Lucy's reasonably certain she can pull Gilgamesh along for the ride. They're in the middle of Synthesis, after all, and that means they can do things they normally can't. Lucy's going to take full advantage of that, and full advantage of Gilgamesh's smarts, to take them both on a dive.

She looks over at him, eyes bright. ]

Just trust me. It'll be a little weird, but it'll help.

[ She's not going to risk doing a deep dive. They don't have the proper support equipment, and taking someone untrained into a deep dive for the first time is just asking for brain damage. Instead, Lucy engages her neuro-gear, and tugs Gilgamesh along for the ride. They remain standing where they are, but their vision overlays with a visual representation of the Fractured's code-- and it's beautiful. An elegant structure of shimmering rainbow colors, plagued on all sides by corrupting black cracks and rends.

With a neat flick of code, Lucy renders the Fractured immobile for now, though it's straining against her hold. ]

This is what its code looks like. [ She narrates, watching scrolls of code highlight as she glances at various parts of the structure. ] Whatever this corruption is, it's gotten deep.