The meeting that formed the coalition did not take place at a formal table.
It took place in the Tekarr Arch facility's instrument room, standing, around Aliyah Winters' central monitoring station, because that was where the information was and where it needed to be read rather than summarized. Brekka Hammerfall had spent two days at the Arch after Khao'khen's arrival. She had watched Aliyah perform reinforcement work. She had watched Urrak read the instrument stations and log the readings in the exact notation Aliyah had shown him. She had been present when Vor'gath placed his hand near the sixth Keystone station and stood quiet for four minutes and then said: the third entity at this station is patient but it has begun its approach. We have approximately twelve days before this Keystone's readings move significantly.
