Iven carried the smaller platform through the meeting-room door.
Or rather, he carried one end of its timber shape while Tosk carried the other and three people moved their chairs in a hurry.
“Not a machine,” Tosk assured the nearest woman.
“I can see that.”
“Then we’re already ahead of the last room.”
They set the shape on the floor beside the public table.
Elian laid the completed estimate above it.
Day four hundred and four. Ten days since the purchasing office had hired them to discover what the independent ascent would cost. Two days remained on Cairn’s discounted offer.
