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“Closer to the breach?”

“Yes”

Joe began to walk High above, the dive boatthe reflective streaht at the center of the eddy

The glowing particles swirled and the ap between two railroad tie–sized bea into coral at the sight of a predator It happened so quick, Joe had to trigger a second burst of the spray just to be sure

“I’ve found it,” he said “The gap is between two concrete pylons in the riprap I can feel the suction from it”

As Joe got closer, he felt hiravel disappearing fro beneath them, he could see what looked like a twenty-inch-diameter hole

He wedged a foot against one of the concrete bea sucked in As much as he wanted to block the hole, he personally didn’t want to be the plug

“I’m ready for the mud”

“Mud?”

“The Ultra-Set,” Joe clarified, aardly holding himself back

“Starting the pumps now,” the supervisor said

Careful to ed to ja As the pressure caer

The Ultra-Set began flowing out at high pressure, soenta-colored whipped cream as it expanded and hardened Most of it funneled into the breach dran by the suction of the unwanted tunnel

“How much does this stuff expand?” Joe asked

“Twenty tiinal volume,” the supervisor said “And then it hardens”