The five-faced rivet held heat after every other piece of Old Market cooled.
Kiva Ko kept one hand on her damaged spindle. Eri Vak crouched beside the seated head. Sulo Penn stayed two steps below him with both feet spread across the lower tread.
None stood where another could catch them.
Recovery Walker Nine printed its first answer before anyone requested movement.
`RECOVERABLE FOUNDRY STAIR / OCCUPIED LOAD ATTACHED`
Olin Rinn turned the printer copy facedown beside the twelve Old Market boxes. Five named boxes still held no current person. Four numbered boxes still lacked current identities. The three verified files stayed open on separate screens.
"The stair is equipment," Vena Korr said from her chain station. "The people are not attached load."
The printer repeated the classification.
