On day1670, the eastern receiving branch reported its first completed service turns.
The two housings at Hare Shelf had passed their local cold and warm checks. The stepped adapter held. The slower restart suited the colder ridge nights. Tessan had stayed through the first working sequence and left the local crew with its own measured limits, not a command to reproduce Rootwell’s marks.
Renna signed the report.
Her crew’s names stood beside hers.
Mara read it in the receiving room and smiled at the note about the dimension Tessan had misread.
“He’s coming back with better eyes.”
“Good,” Hend said. “We have more things to look at.”
The northern pump station’s result arrived that afternoon.
