Death Trap (2012)
“I pleaded, “you have to let them know.”
I was at the console of our platform buggy, speaking into my headset. Director Steven sat at the console of his platform buggy, also wearing a headset. I’d just finished telling him about what had happened to my wheelchair and the ball bearings. They’d been ground down, probably by the microscopic silicon of Martian sand, making them hard to move. What if the wheels on the solar panels had the same problem?
He looked across at me. The platform buggies wer...e parked side by side in the shade of a hill. “No,” he said, meeting my eyes directly.
“No?”
“They already believe we’re dead. It’ll cause panic if they find out we’re still alive.”
“But this can save them!” I said.
“You aren’t sure of that.”
“No, but—” I was talking in a low voice. The security guard who had set me up at the console was standing at the opposite wall because I’d asked him if I could have a private conversation with Director Steven.
“But nothing.”MoreLess
I was at the console of our platform buggy, speaking into my headset. Director Steven sat at the console of his platform buggy, also wearing a headset. I’d just finished telling him about what had happened to my wheelchair and the ball bearings. They’d been ground down, probably by the microscopic silicon of Martian sand, making them hard to move. What if the wheels on the solar panels had the same problem?
He looked across at me. The platform buggies wer...e parked side by side in the shade of a hill. “No,” he said, meeting my eyes directly.
“No?”
“They already believe we’re dead. It’ll cause panic if they find out we’re still alive.”
“But this can save them!” I said.
“You aren’t sure of that.”
“No, but—” I was talking in a low voice. The security guard who had set me up at the console was standing at the opposite wall because I’d asked him if I could have a private conversation with Director Steven.
“But nothing.”MoreLess
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