S.A.S.
It stopped by the second line.
Back on the river, Jack tossed a grappling hook at the underside of the bridge like he’d done it yesterday. He did not do it gracefully. He did it until it stuck. The hook bit the world. He pulled himself along the lip of stone, rain slime and moss making the work rude.
His fingers found the adhesive seam more than his eyes did. A panel had been applied to the underside of the arch—thin, flexible, coated in silt that had been painted on, not earned. Behind it, a cavity cut into old concrete.
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