The north pillar stood straight beneath the winter light.
Beorn had been in the high quarter plaza long enough to inspect the work twice. He had walked the full length of the construction from the east, checking the alignment of the pillars, then repeated the process from the north to see whether the design was consistent from a different vantage point.
It did.
The pozzolanic cement pillars were darker than the original stonework around them. Smooth gray cement stood beside weathered tan stone that had been here for years. The contrast made the new construction easy to follow.
Along the north, crossbeams had already been seated across most of the spans. Timber scaffolding remained on two sections where the final stone had not yet been installed.
The south and west sides of the plaza remained unchanged. Original paving met the original building walls there, with no pillars yet connecting them. For now, the hub enclosure existed only along the north and east.
