Beauty sighed and squinted at the floor. Of course, he'd ask that. "I hope I get this right," she murmured, and took a breath.
"Some of the pathways have been corrupted and the corruption is affecting the way the City runs. When it tries to go in and repair the pathways by itself, the error multiplies exponentially. A back-up restore saved the sun and the night but it cannot go back into the zone relay without triggering another replication."
She glanced up at Bruce. "Does any of that make sense?"