Mira asked for demolition before the first patient vehicle finished loading.
She used the word deliberately. A partial barrier, a reserve line and a reassessment board could all become ways to delay a choice no one wanted to own. If the creatures crossed in force, leaving the bridge intact might give them the most direct route to the hospital.
Bram took her to the local defense coordinator rather than answering privately.
The coordinator asked what she proposed to destroy and who would be on either side. Mira had a rough place in mind. She did not have the current structural assessment needed to turn it into a competent plan.
“I remember what happened when a bridge was left standing,” she said.
“Here?”
“An earlier warning that may concern this crossing. The details don’t all match.”
The coordinator waited. The pressure report on the desk made the silence difficult to bear.
