A month passed.
Lucien had expected the preserved region to change quickly.
He had not expected more than half of the entire construction to be finished.
Even he paused when Lilith sent him the latest consolidated progress report.
The original estimate had been three months.
With Lucien personally joining the formation work, Lilith had believed they could shorten that to two months.
Now, after only a month, the numbers were beginning to suggest that even her revised estimate had been conservative.
Lucien was pleased.
The outsiders were considerably more disturbed.
•••
Solar Concordium had spent countless years organizing intercontinental competitions.
The scholars of the Obsidian Collegium had participated in projects that took generations to perfect.
The Silent Monastery had structures older than many kingdoms.
They understood large-scale construction.
At least, they thought they did.
Then they worked beside Lootwell.
