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Chen couldn’t help but smile at the irony A tank within a tank One kept fish alive in an air-dominated environment and the other kept hiroups with nothing to do but stare out theand eat If the pattern held, he’d be ten pounds heavier when he returned to the surface

Chen sprinkled inand went still without warning All of them at the very same instant Chen had never seen that before

They drifted doard Their fins weren’t ills were flat It was as if they’d been stunned or drugged

He tapped on the glass Instantly, the fish began darting around, racing from one side of the tank to the other They seelass walls like bees trying to get through aOne went to the bottoravel

As Chen stared, ripples foran to juan to shake as well

He stepped back The vibration of thelouder Louder than

it should have been Louder than he’d ever heard it before Books and pieces of decorative coral began to vibrate on the shelf The fish tank fell and smashed down beside him

He pressed the interco out to the co operations immediately”

TL-1 responded calmly and immediately “Authorization, please”

“This is Dr Chen”

“Conized,” the robot replied “Authorization required”

Chen realized instantly that robots were listening for Hon Yi’s voice He had yet to log on the computer and replace Hon Yi’s authorization with his own

He reached for the tablet computer and tapped the screen furiously As he typed, a deep ruainst one another The pounding grew louder and closer with terrible speed until so hit the station

Chen was thrown to the floor and then the wall Everything tuh a torn sea hied flesh and crushed hi truck would have

In seconds, thebefore he would have drowned