29After the few laborers disappeared at the end of the workday, the team examined belongings. No one was foolish enough to bring anything of great value other than jewelry kept on his or her person. Some combs and brushes were missing. All of Rita's belongings, which Clifford locked inside a travel trunk were untouched. The trunk had been dragged under the collapsed yurt and, too cumbersome to carry, evidently abandoned when it could not be opened quickly. The business tents inside the circle had not been accessed, only the collapsed yurts on the periphery.
“Whoever breached security did it on their bellies,” Clifford said. “Slithered like serpents crawling under rocks.”
“Pros,” Dr. Withers said, scratching his head thoughtfully through the headgear.
Beggars would have stolen a scrap of
