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"I think it's time we talked," the professor whispered
Austin nodded and returned to the control console He told Joe he would be in the ship's recreation room, then he and the professor left the survey center With the rest of the ship's co the pictures of the Belle, they had the rec room to themselves It was a comfortable space, with leather furniture, a television set and DVD, ames and a computer
Austin and Adler settled into a couple of chairs "Well," Adler said, "what do you think?"
"About the Belle? You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce why it went to the bottom The deckhouse was blasted off"
"We have the satellite pictures shoave activity There's no doubt in er than anything we've seen before"
"Which brings us back to your theories You were reluctant earlier to talk about the
ed your mind?"
"I'm afraid my theories are out of the ordinary"
Austin leaned back in his chair and folded his hands behind his head "I've learned that nothing is ordinary when it comes to the ocean"
"I've hesitated up to now because I didn't want to be labeled a hu It took years for the scientific coues would rip "
"We couldn't let that happen," Austin said reassuringly "I'll respect your confidence"
The professor nodded "When the e to deny, the European Union launched two high-resolution-ioal was to see if these waves existed, and exan The European Space Agency satellites would produce 'i an area just ten by five kilometers Over a three-week period, the satellites identified hty-two feet"
Adler went over and sat in front of the colobe appeared on the screen The Atlantic Ocean was speckled with annotated wave sy the census data froiant wave, its height and the date it was formed As you can see, there has been an increase in wave activities over the last thirteen months And in the size of these monsters as well"
Austin pulled up a chair next to the professor He scanned the wavy syht and date of the event The waves were randomly scattered around the world, except for several clusters
"Do you notice anything unusual?"