At Neskaya, the chamber housing the relay screens was set apart in its own tower to isolate communications from the stray mental energies generated by other projects. Chill radiated, old beyond imagining, constructed of fine-grained granite rather than the translucent blue stone of the central tower.
At Neskaya, the relay screens sat on low tables, so that the workers did not need to crouch, but could sit on padded bencher. A small coal brazier, its smoke contained by a heatpermeable laran shield, filled the room with gentle warm.