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"Mind you don't smack the bottom," Gunn warned him

"We'll keep an eye peeled Neither of us is keen ona one-way trip"

"Never hurts to have a art on your side How's your oxygen?"

"On the money"

"You should be getting close"

Pitt slowed the Deep Rover's descent with a light touch of the sliding arn of rocks Pitt could have sworn his friend never blinked in the next eight radually materialize below

"We're down," Giordino announced "Depth one,thousand fifteen meters"

Pitt applied extra power to the vertical sters, bringing the subray silt Due to the water pressure, the weight of the craft had increased during the descent Pitt turned one of the ballast tank valves, keeping an eye on the pressure gauge, and filled it with just enough air to achieve neutral buoyancy

"Making our sweep," he notified Gunn

"The wreck should bear approxirees," Gunn's voice crackled back

"Affiret two hundred twenty rees"

"I copy, Deep Rover"

Pitt turned to Giordino "Well, let us see e shall see

He increased the power on the horizontal thrusters and executed a sweeping bank, studying the barren seascape ahead as Giordino kept hi

"Coot it Keep her straight"