The first clearance took two people and a lamp.
Felix waited while they checked it.
The intermediate worker held the service access open within its inspected position. Behind her, the tool carrier kept the reference equipment level through the bend. A central technician checked the last chamber before signaling the group forward.
At the tight turn, the tool case reached the support before Felix did. He stopped where the access worker had told him to wait. The carrier changed grip, keeping the protected reference level, and passed through the space Felix would have occupied if he had led with his anxiety.
A hot draft moved out of the lower service opening. It smelled of old mineral oil and damp stone. The technician checked the current marker against the survey copy and called the next permitted state.
“Still inside the route condition.”
The access worker held the stop while the second person verified the fitting. Then she closed the section behind them in its reviewed position and moved to the next assigned point.
Felix could feel the route’s cost in ordinary things: the weight of his bag, the waiting while a person with a different task used the narrow space, the need to hear a reply before stepping where he wanted to step.
