Cole's team came back at two in the afternoon with the eastern zone clear to the three block radius and a kill count that Michael added to the SP tally and looked at the total and thought that the Bond Store was going to have things to say about today.
They came through the gate with the particular energy of people who had been out for six hours doing something hard and had done it well and knew it.
Damon's arm was wrapped with the field bandaging Shin had applied and he was moving it with the careful deliberateness of someone respecting a bruise and he looked at Michael when he came through and nodded once which covered everything that needed covering.
Shin came through and Dr. Kang appeared from the building entrance and looked at her shoulder and said "let me see" and Shin said "it's fine" and Dr. Kang said "I'll decide that" and Shin let her look which was progress from two weeks ago when she would have just walked past.
