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Everyone dropped back to sprawl across their cots, and Torin with Vik "Got your back, Doctor"

"You, too, Doctor" Vik’s eyes gleamed crazily

And then Tom hooked in his neural wire and his senses dimmed as he was sucked into the simulation

He found himself surrounded by chaos, World War II–era sailors screa violently, fires flaring, seawater gushing into cracks in the hull

Toasping for air, seeing a Ger away

"We’re done for Already," Toht The siestured toward a crush of frantic sailors, all eager to evacuate

To this ht Yosef’s group Maybe the Nazis would double back and attack again? Or ?

Torabbed their place in the last life raft that dropped from the ship A powerful wave tossed the ocean

Soon, the water grew calm Awe filled Tom as he marveled, not for the first ti here on a rescue ship with his best friend, witnessing a devastating shipwreck like it was real The raft was supposed to have tooden oars, but it only had one Tom and Vik steered their raft as best they could with it, and helped soaked, shivering trainees into it as they encountered thehis Division, as well as two other Middles Tom had seen around: Walton Covner and Marrion Trout of Hannibal Division

When Snowden Gainey appeared in the life raft with the out of the scenario until now, letting thee, because Elliot was a lead-by-example type

"So," Snowden said nervously, "is this it?"

"I saw soe kid with very dark skin, thick black hair, and an air of stoicisether "Well, that’s unlucky for theether to run this scenario with the pain receptors on"

Toe "Why? Why would you do that?"

"Well, it’s a tian

Lyla seeroaned, too

"What’s the catch here?" Vik asked them

"Time-compressed scenarios," Lyla explained "Space combat takes place at machine-fast speeds, so the neural processor can be used to speed up your perception of tiraive you an artificially extended scenario"

"Really?" To this scenario?" Aweso pirates for days on end

"Weeks," Lyla said "And you’re not going to be happy about that soon"