The west secondary access went in at noon.
Simpler than the primary, a narrower shaft with the same ladder integration, emerging inside the building perimeter at the base of the west blast wall with a hatch that was flush with the floor and locked from below.
The exit position gave anyone using the secondary access a covered approach to the building interior from the west face which was the cleanest external approach based on Gareth's route map.
Rei was on the west face anchor confirmation and she ran it the same way she ran everything now, systematic, twice over, hands on each anchor, no movement until confirmed.
Michael was watching her work when Dr. Kang appeared beside him.
She looked at Rei and then at Michael. "She's good at this," she said.
"Yes," he said.
"The precision component of medicine is the same principle," Dr. Kang said. "You check what needs checking in the correct sequence and you don't move to the next step until the previous one is confirmed.
