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The only thing the cabin didn’t have that a cruise ship would was patio doors leading to a balcony Instead, it had suise the true nature of what the Colossus 3 was hiding on the inside

Linda went to the closestand ran her hands over it

“It’s barely big enough,” she said “Even without the tank and cooling pump”

They’d never get through without re their bulky equipment

“Eric,” Juan sai

d, “we’re on the starboard side of the ship, one level down We’re going to have to go through a ithout our air or coolant How close can you get?”

“Hold on,” caht illuet too close or we led with the ropes of the lifeboat davits”

“Get right above us” Then Juan asked Linda, “Ready?”

She nodded “It’s better than being the frog in a slowly boiling pot of water”

“The water outside is probably hotter than the water in here, so we don’t want to break theuntil we’re ready to leave We’ll take off the air tanks but keep the o Detach my coolant hoses from the suit”

As soon as she unplugged therees warmer

He shrugged off the tank and pu unit, and she took off the equipment

“All set?” Juan asked

“I’o”

He raainst theIt cracked but didn’t break He tried twice lass