The stack had been sitting at the edge of the table since Khulgen's deputy brought it at the second watch. Four items. Batu had set them aside through the last evening's preparation work.
Now the lamp was burning low and the camp outside had the sound of a tumen that was already, in most of its practical functions, leaving. The lines had run three allocations since dark. Equipment was being checked with the slower care of men who understood they were not going to have another opportunity before they needed it.
He picked up the first document.
Torghul's notation on the Irtysh assessment was a single line. The assessment had been received into the camp's operational records before Siban left heading east. No additional commentary.
The record it confirmed was now in Torghul's files, where it would be used on the march east and again when the column came back.
