They came at both walls simultaneously.09:14. East wall first by eleven seconds, then the south, the timing close enough to be coordinated and far enough apart to tell me someone had made a field decision rather than running a clean synchronised push. Voss was adapting. He'd sent the scout vehicle two hours ago, gotten back whatever it told him, and adjusted. The simultaneous probe was the adjustment, test two walls at once and see which one showed him something he could use.Price logged both contacts at the same moment, his voice flat and efficient: "East wall, three vehicles, approach road. South perimeter, two vehicles, maintenance track."I was already at the east feed."Hold south," I said. "Carver, east wall, let them reach the second marker."Carver's voice: "Holding."The east vehicles were moving faster than this morning's probe. Not charging, committed. Three vehicles at a pace that said these men had been told to get eyes on the wall and had been given permission to get c
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