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The lumps on his head throbbed。 His chest was scraped raw in a great swath down to his abdomen。 His left thigh was purple…red; his right hand was swollen and painful。
But; then; everything was painful。 He groaned; turning his face up to the water。
〃Hey;〃 Harry called。 〃How about it in there?〃
〃Okay。〃
Norman stepped out; and Harry climbed in。 Scrapes and bruises covered his thin body。 Norman looked over at Ted; who lay on his back in one of the bunks。 Ted had dislocated both shoulders; and it had taken Beth half an hour to get them back in; even after she'd shot him up with morphine。
〃How is it now?〃 Norman said to him。
''214'' 〃Okay。〃
Ted had a numb; dull expression。 His ebullience was gone。 He had sustained a greater injury than the dislocated shoulders; Norman thought。 In many ways a na?ve child; Ted must have been profoundly shocked to discover that this alien intelligence was hostile。
〃Hurt much?〃 Norman said。
〃It's okay。〃
Norman sat slowly on his bunk; feeling pain streak up his spine。 Fifty…three years old; he thought。 I should be playing golf。 Then he thought; I should be just about anywhere in the world; except here。 He winced; and gingerly slipped a shoe over his injured right foot。 For some reason; he remembered Levy's bare toes; the skin color dead; the foot striking his faceplate。
〃Did they find Barnes?〃 Ted asked。
〃I haven't heard;〃 Norman said。 〃I don't think so。〃
He finished dressing; and went down to D Cyl; stepping over the puddles of water in the corridor。 Inside D itself; the furniture was soaked; the consoles were wet; and the walls were covered with irregular blobs of white urethane foam where Fletcher had spray…sealed the cracks。
Fletcher stood in
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