Sera found him on the ground floor two hours into the materials run, her axe in her hand and suspicion in her gaze. Clearly, she had been watching the two groups from somewhere and had formed an opinion.
"Damon's group is good," she said quietly.
"Yes."
"Cole's group is better."
"Yes."
She looked at him sideways. "Gareth's going to notice that."
"Gareth's already noticed that," Michael said. "He saw it the moment they came through the gate yesterday."
Sera was quiet for a second. "And?"
"And that's Gareth's problem," Michael said. "Not ours."
She looked at the materials stacked along the north exterior — steel panels and anchor bolts that Cole's men had moved quickly and accurately, matching Damon's group but only just. She then looked at the wall sections already rising on the east face, and nodded.
"The wall changes things," she said.
"That's the point."
