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Precursor: The Diving Suit[part of a grander story being written]Part 1: Found in the DeepThe morning broke calm over the Gulf, with a flat sheet of silver water reflecting the pale sky. The Fernwind cut through the surface with practiced ease, its old diesel engine rumbling like a tired animal. On the bridge, Gina kept one hand on the wheel, her eyes narrowed behind polarized lenses as she guided the boat away from the man-made harbor and into the open sea. Beside her, Lou scanned the water with binoculars. The years had carved lines into ...
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The outpost rose from the ice like a cluster of metal bones, half-buried in wind-carved drifts. It sat on the western edge of a nameless Arctic island, a point on the map that might as well not exist. The crew called it Frostbite Station—mostly as a bitter joke. Several squat buildings, made of corrugated steel bristling with frostbitten bolts, clung to a foundation of ancient blue ice. Every winter storm rattled the walls so violently that the men often wondered if steel could endure the cold at all. The latest storm had passed two days ear...
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