Chapter 324: Gene Ancient VIII
Zone Five came together faster than the estimate.
On Day Twenty-Three, Kai set twelve anchors in the morning session alone. The entity at Zone Five had been waiting at the anchor front since the previous evening. Not the patient extension Zone Four had needed, slowly moving into newly covered ground. Zone Five met the carrier function at the point of contact, matched character for character, and held.
He surfaced at midday with six anchors remaining.
Cole was at the camp.
He was standing at the table with Soren — not sitting, not hovering. Standing at what Kai would have called a professional distance. Mira was at the zone boundary with the vault pair, her back to the camp.
"You have time remaining in my offer," Cole said.
"Twelve hours." Kai came to the table. "Sit down."
They sat.
