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p; "There's another cylindrical object next to it"

"What do you make of it?"

"I'd say it's a big roll of plastic sheeting"

"I'd say you're right"

"Might not be a bad idea to take it aboard the Sounder for examination

Hold position I'll grab it with the manipulators"

Pitt nodded silently and held the Deep Rover steady against the gentle bottorip controls and curled the arm assemblies around the plastic roll, much like a human would bend both elbows to embrace a friend Next he positioned the four-function hands so they gripped the bottoe

"She's secure," he announced "Give us a little vertical thrust to pull it out of the sillt"

Pitt co the roll with her, followed by a swirling cloud of fine silt for a few moments they couldn't see Then Pitt eased the subain

"We should be coet in front and slightly to the right"

"We show you to be practically on top of her," said Gunn

Like a ghostly inified by the water distortion, she seeht

"We have visual contact," Giordino reported

Pitt slowed the Deep Rover to a stop seven side the derelict's foredeck

"What the hell?" Pitt broke off suddenly Then, "Rudi, what colors were on the Lady Flah?"