That was a good point. 47 would have preferred more time to analyze, or, even better, for an analyst to already have the information for him, ready to whisper it into his ear via comm link. How long would this take? Was it random or did it keep a typical schedule? He hadn't asked the locals to accompany them since all he really needed was a direction and the less people he had to babysit the better. So they weren't available to ask for detail, if they had any.

They would simply have to wait. They knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when. He hoped they wouldn't get too complacent in the meantime. He didn't want to deal with panicked teammates as the rush of water occurred.

And if one asked him, this was the worst design for a portal ever.

To Sven he simply said, "Just keep your guard up."