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I
went
back
to
the
surge
tanks
and
checked
that
Suzy
and
Ray
were
all
right
.
Ray
’
s
tank
had
been
customized
at
the
same
time
that
Suzy
had
had
hers
done
.
It
was
full
of
images
of
what
Suzy
called
the
BVM
:
the
Blessed
Virgin
Mary
.
The
BVM
was
always
in
a
spacesuit
,
carrying
a
little
spacesuited
Jesus
.
Their
helmets
were
airbrushed
gold
halos
.
The
artwork
had
a
cheap
,
hasty
look
to
it
.
I
assumed
Ray
hadn
’
t
spent
as
much
as
Suzy
.
Quickly
I
stripped
down
to
my
underclothes
.
I
plumbed
into
my
own
unpainted
surge
tank
and
closed
the
lid
.
The
buffering
gel
sloshed
in
.
Within
about
twenty
seconds
I
was
already
feeling
drowsy
.
By
the
time
traffic
control
gave
us
the
green
light
I
’
d
be
asleep
.
I
’
ve
done
it
a
thousand
times
.
There
was
no
fear
,
no
apprehension
.
Just
a
tiny
flicker
of
regret
.
I
’
ve
never
seen
an
aperture
.
Then
again
,
very
few
people
have
.
Witnesses
report
a
doughnut
-
shaped
lump
of
dark
chondrite
asteroid
,
about
two
kilometres
across
.
The
entire
middle
section
has
been
cored
out
,
with
the
inner
part
of
the
ring
faced
by
the
quixotic
-
matter
machinery
of
the
aperture
itself
.
They
say
the
q
-
matter
machinery
twinkles
and
moves
all
the
while
,
like
the
ticking
innards
of
a
very
complicated
clock
.
But
the
monitoring
systems
of
the
Aperture
Authority
detect
no
movement
at
all
.
It
’
s
alien
technology
.
We
have
no
idea
how
it
works
,
or
even
who
made
it
.
Maybe
,
in
hindsight
,
it
’
s
better
not
to
be
able
to
see
it
.
It
’
s
enough
to
dream
,
and
then
awake
,
and
know
that
you
’
re
somewhere
else
.
*
*
*
Try
a
different
approach
,
Greta
says
.
Tell
her
the
truth
this
time
.
Maybe
she
’
ll
take
it
easier
than
you
think
.
