Tactical Descent

Holding elevation at the brass cleat yielded all necessary perimeter data. Prolonged static elevation no longer offered tactical value. I unfastened the yellow caution ribbon from the steel mast and rewound the strip into my pouch. Grasping the braided halyard with both gloves, I walked my boots backward down the brushed metal cylinder until my soles contacted the cold granite plinth below. Footing transitioned smoothly to horizontal stone. Fifty centimeters cleared without kinetic compromise. I retrieved the bent wire pin from the cleat hitch, stowed it, and surveyed the ground vectors heading toward the perimeter garden.#Odst #Halo