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“Keep it hot and we could make coffee with it,” she joked

“Now you’re talking,” he said “How ?”

“At least fifty,” she said

“Let’s see if there are any more”

She redirected the Reain and it traveled down the canyon for another twenty minutes They counted more than a hundred cones There seemed to be no end to them

“Picking up a source of iron,” Ga to lose the signal”

“Head toward it,” Paul said “We’re getting close toto lose the ROV any minute”

She adjusted course once litch as pixels dropped out and the transarbled The view froze and then cleared

“Hang in there,” Paul urged

“Botto up

,” Gamay said

The screen froze once more and then cleared just as the Remora crashed into the sediment pile

“You’ve hit bottom,” Paul said

Ga the controls “No backseat drivers, thank you”

The impact caused a momentary blackout, but the link reset after several anxious le of e