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Barnes said; 〃Go active。〃
The pong! of the sonar echoed in the room。
Tina said; 〃Target acquired。 One hundred yards。〃
〃Image him。〃
〃FAS on; sir。〃
There was a rapid succession of sonar sounds: pong! pong! pong! pong! Then a pause; and it came again: pong! pong! pong! pong!
Norman looked puzzled。 Fletcher leaned over and whispered; 〃False…aperture sonar makes a detailed picture from several senders outside; gives you a good look at him。〃 He smelled liquor on her breath。 He thought: Where'd she get liquor?
''209'' Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Building image。 Ninety yards。〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Image up。〃
They turned to the screens。 Norman saw an amorphous; streaky blob。 It didn't mean much to him。
〃Jesus;〃 Barnes said。 〃Look at the size of him!〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Eighty yards。〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
Another image appeared。 Now the blob was a different shape; the streaks in another direction。 The image was sharper at the edges; but it still meant nothing to Norman。 A big blob with streaks 。。。
〃Jesus! He's got to be thirty; forty feet across!〃 Barnes said。 〃No fish in the world is that big;〃 Beth said。
〃Whale?〃
〃It's not a whale。〃
Norman saw that Harry was sweating。 Harry took off his glasses and wiped them on his jumpsuit。 Then he put them back on; and pushed them up on the bridge of his nose。 They slipped back down。 He glanced at Norman and shrugged。
Tina: 〃Fifty yards and closing。〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Thirty yards。〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Thirty yards。〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Holding at thirty yards; sir。〃
Pong! pong! pong! pong!
〃Still holding。〃
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