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Dr. Nays sleep.

Here they come, I say, pressing the transmitter to my ear while listening to Thomas narrate their assent.

The medic, Sandra, stands nearby, watching the watery surface of the entrance pool.

I stare at the water, heart careening around in my chest as I wait for Addison to surface.

It's just a little leak, I tell myself repeatedly.

Just a little leak in the leg of her pressure suit, that's all. But the fact is,

until she's up here in the station once again, the leak could prove The

leak could prove fatal. The suits are designed to prevent catastrophic implosion if one component

weakens, but the pressure down here is so immense. There's no telling what can happen.

So as the six foot diameter pool shimmers under the LED lights of the station,

I find myself wishing it was anyone but Addison. It's a horrible thing to do.

Wishing this kind of danger on someone else, but I can't help it.

I've come to the realization that I love Addison, and what's worse is I haven't even told her.

Dim lights emerge in the dark ocean under the station.

They're hard to see because of the overhead lights reflecting off the pool surface.

But I crouched down and squint as they get closer.

They're the twin lights on a pressure suit's helmet.

I'm coming in,

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