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From Ashes - Christopher Watson
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Knives in place, I laced my boots tight over my jeans. I stood, closed my eyes, and took in a last few deep breaths of the peach–scented oxygen. Though faint and false, it’s the best perk of the Svalbard shelter and a wonderful reminder of how things used to be.
Picking up my mask, I placed the cool, hard plastic over my mouth and slid the elastic over my head. Pressing it against my face, I took three sharp breaths. The seal took. Now the air smelled and tasted like Tupperware that may have once stored fruit cocktail. The slit in the thick translucent latex separating the small dress dome from vacuum–1 resisted as I pressed through.
Pham stopped her pacing and pivoted the other side of the clear membrane to face me. The hood on her cotton long–sleeve coat swung like a small cape. Head shaved bald, she wiped her head down at the end of the day instead of having anything that could impede her peripheral vision. She slid her AK47 behind her and fanned her arms in quick, small circles to hurry me out.
Scooping my goggles, I pushed through the other side of vacuum–1. What?
She grabbed and twisted my collar to pull me down to her five–foot eye level. Her mask pressed against my neck and, angry, her Thai accent nipped at her words. You have to tell them, Don.
I did.
She released me, but I stayed close. Partly to keep our voices low, but mostly because this is the closest we have been in weeks. I dared to edge closer. They flat out refuse not to wear them.
Her eyes shifted over my shoulder. "They’re going