[ Though that's not the tragedy here. He's quiet a moment, building himself up to the last part of the story. ]
It was tight. Tighter than it should have been. We lost a shuttle towards the end. And the one I was in ... it was the last to go up. The bay door wouldn't close because of a jammed ramp, and we were moments from being sucked into space and killed too.
[ Red hair seems to flicker at the corner of his vision; he makes a gesture as if to reach out, then lets his hand fall. ]
Beatrice managed to kick the broken ramp off just as the shuttle lurched to one side. I practically threw myself at her, trying to grab her hand, but ...
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[ Though that's not the tragedy here. He's quiet a moment, building himself up to the last part of the story. ]
It was tight. Tighter than it should have been. We lost a shuttle towards the end. And the one I was in ... it was the last to go up. The bay door wouldn't close because of a jammed ramp, and we were moments from being sucked into space and killed too.
[ Red hair seems to flicker at the corner of his vision; he makes a gesture as if to reach out, then lets his hand fall. ]
Beatrice managed to kick the broken ramp off just as the shuttle lurched to one side. I practically threw myself at her, trying to grab her hand, but ...