Ah yes. There was evidence of damage here. No doubt a rivulet of rain had found its way into a small crack in the wall here and frozen, thawed, and frozen again, widening the gap by slow degrees. It would need patching. Could he caulk the side of a building? Probably. The admiral had a stylus pinched between his lips and a short roll of paper at his hip. He removed the one now and made a scribble on it with the other.