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“We’re caught in a crosscurrent swirling over the superstructure,” Elena explained

“Can you compensate?”

“With ease”

As they repositioned, Duke’s voice can of da the botto inspection”

By now Elena had repositioned the sub, and Ga torch

With a snap and sizzle, the acetylene torch flared to life A streah the hinges and grasped the door with the gripper handle With a light pull, Gamay drew the heavy steel door back and it toppled slowly onto the deck with a muted thump

“Releasing camera,” Gamay said

In ainside the sunken yacht It had its own spotlight and power source but was tethered to the Scarab by a thin fiber-optic line through which the camera feed was relayed

“The bridge is filled with debris,” she noted She directed the camera to pan and scan and soon they had a three-sixty swath of everything on the bridge The glass hich Kurt had seen—was still in place, though it was covered with a network of cracks

“Looks like a Pennsylvania road map,” she noted

Between the darown upon it, they could not see through it

“Have to go around,” Gamay said

An open hatchway suggested a possible route, and Gamay sent the camera in that direction

“Weird that all the hatches are open” This ca the sa that the ship was in distress and going down, all the watertight doors should have been shut”

As Gamay directed the small camera toward the hatch, Duke chimed in