His second message to Arveth was shorter than the first.
He asked one question: how long did the geological team's survey estimate before the Ren-Sarath entity's Stage 5 reached full surface termination on its own.
Arveth's reply arrived six hours later. One sentence.
The geological team estimated between three and eight months, with the lower bound assuming the entity increases its building rate now that three surface chains are active and conducting.
He showed it to the group.
Three months at the low end. Less, if the entity was already accelerating in response to the three conducted patterns it could feel through the substrate.
They spent one more day in Brennan's Gate.
