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Will she ever hear her “I feel sick and scared and I want to “Hello, Gerry." There was only a
hear his voice again and maybe I faint quaver to betray the careful
brother’s voice again? won't feel so alone. “ casualness of her voice. "I wanted
to see you—"
Will the girl truly have to die "At first I was so afraid to die that I “There was a slight waver to the
was a coward and thought only of ship as the air gushed from the lock,
in the end? myself.” a vibration to the wall as though
something had bumped the outer
door in passing, then there was
nothing and the ship was dropping
true and steady again.”
Why is she writing? “She stopped occasionally, as "That makes the letters not
though trying to find the right words important in one way but in another
to tell them what she wanted them way, they're very important—to me,
to know, then the pencil would and to them." She is writing letters
resume its whispering to the paper.” to her family.
Why was the pilot being so “he slid out of the chair, to help He truly doesn’t want her to
her into it and swing the die and feels sorry for her
nice to the girl? microphone down to her own and her family.
level.”
Why is he so emotional? “He scowled at the viewscreen and He is having to throw the girl
tried to force his thoughts into less out into space and doesn’t
emotional channels.” want to.