Dayo arrived at Wire's shop at seven.
He came in, set his equipment case on the workbench, and looked at Carver with the specific attention he gave to things he had not seen before and needed to fully understand before contributing anything.
Carver looked back at him with the same quality of attention.
Hunter watched them assess each other for approximately six seconds. Then Dayo said: Palm up, and Carver put his hand out without question, and they went directly to work.
Dayo ran a preliminary reading with the standard electrical meters while Hunter gave him the verbal summary of Carver's capability profile. Thermal primary, electromagnetic secondary, twenty-five feet of demonstrated range at mid-output, ceiling untested. Dayo noted all of it and did not interrupt. When Hunter finished
