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The other boy saw the danger at once. He wrote on his slate, "We go whn air duz," and held it in the light for Rick to see. Rick nodded. He drew his belt knife. There couldn't be many breaths left before the air spilled out. Nor could there be many before warning constriction forced them to turn on the reserves. At this depth the reserve wasn't very great.
He jerked on the rope for Zircon to stop, then took his belt slate and wrote, "Cam on whn lite is. Wll use nw & thn." He held it in the beam of infrared light for Zircon to read. The scientist scribbled "OK" under the message, then gave him a gentle push as a signal to go ahead. Rick held his wrist in the beam and read ninety-two feet on his depth gauge. He calculated quickly.
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