One month passed.
It passed the way months passed inside the Osborn clan—not quietly, because the clan was never quiet anymore, but steadily, each day adding something to the structure of what was being built without any single day feeling like the decisive one.
This was precisely what Robert had always hoped for. He thought that progress driven by dramatic events was a never-ending cycle, needing more and more drama to maintain itself. In contrast, progress that arose from well-functioning systems simply required those systems to keep on running.
Morgan finished the defensive formation on the fourteenth day.
On the fifteenth day Morgan completed the array, and the clan started the central core right where it was meant to be. Robert stood alone in the southern section, with Sarah and Ronan keeping a respectful distance.
