The last forecast day began with a high reading.
On day1700, Nall looked at the trace and did not tell the morning crew they had already won. The central estimate had been near1690. The range had extended through today. A date written weeks earlier did not push pressure down a pipe.
The high reading held through the first turn.
Then it began to fall.
The decline was slow enough that a hopeful person could have mistaken a small pause for the end. Nall waited for the next local state. The receiving vessels continued under their own limits. The dryer accepted a short clean-loop turn and stopped at its room’s temperature mark. The repaired eighth housing stayed ready as the sole large emergency reserve.
There were still eight housings in the whole delivered set.
The count did not grow because people had become tired.
At the basin, the rebuilt foot had reached its eighth day.
