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<h1>&lt;Emily wake up again&gt;</h1>
<p>
Emily wakes up in her bed, laying on her side. Lena is sitting on the
floor in front of her, leaning against the window, with her arms over
her knees and her head resting on them. She looks very pale. A few
thoughts flash through Emily&apos;s mind in quick succession:
<span class="quote non-speech">asleep or dead &mdash; she moved a tiny
bit, she&apos;s breathing &mdash; asleep, phew.</span><br />
Emily moves into a more comfortable position. Lena
<span class="comment">zuckt zusammen</span> and lifts her head, looking
disoriented for a moment.<br />
She says in a weak voice: <span class="quote speech">So you will
live.</span><br />
Emily sits up.<br />
<span class="quote speech">How long has it been?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">About three days.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Have you slept at all?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Here and there a bit.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">You need to sleep.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">Funny you should say that... I couldn&apos;t
sleep because I was worried about you little devil.</span>
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<p>
They get up and walk down the hallway towards the main control center.
<br />
<span class="quote speech">While you were unconscious, I managed to get
in touch with someone on Earth. Well, they really got in touch with
me.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">So it is true that there are still people
down there... How did they do that?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">There is some old, long disused radio
equipment in the control center that they reactivated.</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">How?</span><br />
<span class="quote speech">That&apos;s something you&apos;re gonna
have to ask them. Apparently, there is no way to fully disable it.
They seem to have extensive technical documentation on all of our
systems. I only noticed their activity when I heard a phone
ringing in here and went to investigate.</span><br />
They reach the door to the control center module. Lena punches her code
into the keypad, a computer voice says
<span class="quote speech">access authorized</span> and the door slides
up.<br />
<span class="quote speech"></span>
</p>
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