The tactical review began as all tactical reviews began.
Caleb's logistics projection on the table, the three-layer system's performance metrics from the previous week, the supply line update, the coalition's resource consumption rate and the resupply schedule. Numbers, schedules, the necessary maintenance of a war's ongoing function. I was fluent here. The numbers were reliable. I trusted the ground.
"The outer layer's forward observation posts," I said. "Caleb, the resupply interval."
Caleb said: "You asked that three minutes ago."
I looked at him.
The look he gave back was the specific look of someone who is maintaining their normal expression over the top of something that is not normal.
"What did I say," I said.
"You asked the same question," he said. "I gave the same answer. R
