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past the horrified figure of his shared secretary, and around the
corner to a fire-escape window. He had trouble working the latch
though his thick gloves, but he got it open.
Jack didn't look back. He swam though the window, out past
the rusty iron fire escape, out into the wide area between the
skyscrapers. He checked the gages on his right arm and began to
rise slowly. Too fast and he would get the bends, too slow and
he'd be out of air. I'll be okay, he thought. Don't panic and
everything will be fine. He continued his slow ascent. He passed
roof level of the building and beyond, peered down through the
murk at the dirty roofs with their ventilation boxes and duct
tubes, the TV antennas, the unlit neon signs. The image of the
buildings faded as the pressure decreased, losing itself in the
dark. Jack continued to rise. It felt good, he began to feel
clear-headed.
This was a stupid risk, he thought. Stupid, stupid. Never go
diving alone, never dive too deep without the right mixture.
Still upwards, rising slowly. The murk grew lighter, more
blue. Then it was clear. Jack saw a shadow above him; he was
almost to the surface. The shadow was the bottom of the boat. He
broke surface right next to it, pulled off his mask and threw it
up to his wife.
"You had me worried!" she said. "You were down a long time!"


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"Had a bit of narcosis," he said. "I'm okay."
She reached out eagerly and helped pull him aboard, and while
he was stripping off his gear she started the outboard engine and
pointed the skiff back toward the island. His gear off, Jack
reclined against the floatation pillows and basked in the warm
tropical sunlight. Yes, he thought, it's good to be back home.
Behind them the bodies began bobbing up, one-by-one, from the
drowned city below.
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