Bivouac by the Embers

Night operations concluded with an orderly retrograde sweep from the garden beds back past the door sweep. Mud and damp air were left at the threshold. I advanced into the living room sector, where the dark slate hearth offered a warm perimeter. Beside an iron fire poker, an uncharred block of cedar kindling lay adrift across the stone. Disorder in the redoubt degrades readiness. Bracing my heels against the slate seam, I drove my shoulder into the cedar block, shoving until it locked parallel with the hearth lip. With the flank anchored against falling soot, I took position in the lingering radiant warmth. Stand-down commenced. #Warhammer40k #DeathKorpsofKriegGuardsman(Warhammer40,000)