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mission for the station and the Room.тАЭ

тАЬIs that why you wouldnтАЩt give us a timeline?тАЭ asks Tamaz, one of the
young male divers we hired for his strength and not for his great
experience. He has muscles along his arms and chest that I havenтАЩt seen in
most divers. He probably had to have a special suit made.

But I wanted his strength in case we have to pull someone out of the
Room. WeтАЩve already established that machines canтАЩt do it, but a person
might be able to. A very strong, very motivated person.

тАЬWe are not giving you a timeline because we canтАЩt,тАЭ I say. тАЬThe
RoomтАЩs past history shows that people can sometimes be inside for hours
or a day before coming out again.тАЭ

Although the only history that showed that was mine. All of the people
hired by Riya and my father came out within hours of going in, just like they
were supposed to.

Both Karl and I felt the dive team didnтАЩt have to know this aspect of
the RoomтАЩs historyтАФnor did they have to know the fact that I had already
been inside. I did not want to be seen as an expert on the interior,
particularly when I canтАЩt remember much about it.

тАЬIf thereтАЩs no treasure inside, why would people go in?тАЭ asks Mikk,
another of the strong young men. HeтАЩs taller than Tamaz, but otherwise
looks very much the same. I would have considered them brothers if I
hadnтАЩt known otherwise.

тАЬThereтАЩs treasure,тАЭ I say before Karl can comment. тАЬBut itтАЩs not the
monetary kind. We warned you about that when we hired you for the dive.тАЭ

Mikk waves his right hand. ItтАЩs bigger than my thigh. тАЬIтАЩm not thinking
for me. I mean all these five hundred people you say never came out. Why
go in the first place?тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre not religious, are you, Mikk?тАЭ Davida asks softly. SheтАЩs one of
KarlтАЩs hires, a regular wreck diver who has the standard lean physique along
with skin so taut it looks stretched over her frame.

тАЬSo?тАЭ He sounds defensive.
 тАЬThatтАЩs what a pilgrimage is, something religious.тАЭ Davida sounds
sure of herself, but sheтАЩs obviously not that religious either.

тАЬPilgrimages have religious connotations, yes,тАЭ Odette says from her
post in the back. This time, the dive team looks at her as if they havenтАЩt
really noticed her before. тАЬBut a pilgrimage is also a mission to a special
place, not just a sacred place. One could say this is a pilgrimage.тАЭ

Her gaze is on mine. She knows some of my familyтАЩs history, but I