Aliyah Winters set up the signal attempt at the third instrument station, working through the afternoon with Darak handling the secondary readings and Vor'gath seated three feet to her left in the position he had chosen: close enough to feel the Keystone's attending quality, far enough that he could speak without disrupting her instrument contact.
Khao'khen sat against the wall and watched. Kael sat at the room's reading desk with a blank document and a pen, noting the timeline and each action in sequence. He had the systematic quality of a man who understood that what was happening was unprecedented and that the only way to make it useful was to record it precisely. Arka'garr stood at the door. The highland garrison warriors were outside the facility on rotation. Oshrak's Yurakk stood their own rotation. The facility was crowded and organized and working.
