“He kept measuring each turn with a protractor, hoping it would be different, then running to the next turn, past closed doors without handles or locks, doors that he could never open … and somewhere a distant drum kept beating, each beat faster than the one before, pushing him to move faster … He jolted awake, breathing fast, his heart pounding, with sweat beading on his face, oozing into his eyes and burning. He immediately blotted his eyes with his sleeve. That helped with the burning, but no...t the dull aching in his skull. He looked around the control area, then increased the lighting level. After several moments, he half spoke, half croaked, “Present level of CO2?” THE CURRENT LEVEL IS FOUR PERCENT. SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING WITHIN OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS. Within operational parameters and still slowly failing. Tavoian blotted his face, then reached for the water squeezebottle. It was empty. He made his way toward the dispenser tap, where he began to refill the squeezebottle, but he was clumsy in withdrawing it and squirted water into the cabin, with the result that little globules floated in the air.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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