Marsquake! (2005)
“CHAPTER 5 “I Kate this, hate this, hate this.” That had become Mickey’s mantra, his endlessly repeated chant.
Alex patted his shoulder. “It’s ice, man. Everybody’s got something that bugs him.”
Mickey sat slumped at one of the tables in the dorm common area. He was staring down at his arms. “Marsport doesn’t bother me. The hangars don’t bother me. When we hid out in the storage areas, I was fine. Why can’t I stand to go in a stupid tunnel?”
Sean said, “Tough break, Mickey, but Alex is right. He...y, nobody blames you. Claustrophobia is hard to fight.”
“Not hard for everyone else,” Mickey said stubbornly. The teams had been training for a month now, and Mickey had washed out the previous day. They had entered one of the storage area’s lava tubes and had gone all the way through the modified part, through a recently installed airlock, and into the lava tube itself, a tunnel that, in cross-section, was a squashed oval about four meters in diameter from floor to ceiling, six meters side to side.MoreLess
Alex patted his shoulder. “It’s ice, man. Everybody’s got something that bugs him.”
Mickey sat slumped at one of the tables in the dorm common area. He was staring down at his arms. “Marsport doesn’t bother me. The hangars don’t bother me. When we hid out in the storage areas, I was fine. Why can’t I stand to go in a stupid tunnel?”
Sean said, “Tough break, Mickey, but Alex is right. He...y, nobody blames you. Claustrophobia is hard to fight.”
“Not hard for everyone else,” Mickey said stubbornly. The teams had been training for a month now, and Mickey had washed out the previous day. They had entered one of the storage area’s lava tubes and had gone all the way through the modified part, through a recently installed airlock, and into the lava tube itself, a tunnel that, in cross-section, was a squashed oval about four meters in diameter from floor to ceiling, six meters side to side.MoreLess
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