Reset by Jens Bühler

Author:Jens Bühler [Bühler, Jens]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

30. Away Mission

Karl Wiegner

The room seemed to have shrunk, as if the air were compressed. He had trouble breathing. The ceiling hung uncomfortably close over his head. Wiegner raised his arms to it, and pressed his palms up against the cold concrete. Was it lower than yesterday? He’d need a yardstick for that. He hated rooms with ceilings he could touch.

The antidepressant acted like morphine for his psyche, but just as morphine couldn’t cure a gun wound to the stomach, the psychotropic drugs couldn’t cure his claustrophobia. The drugs didn’t prevent his panic attacks; they just mitigated the pain. He should consider himself lucky that they helped at all.

Standing up straight was an effort. What he wanted most was to crawl back into bed, never to re-emerge. He had to get out of here. He had recognized his opportunity in the away mission. They would actually open the gate and let someone out. When he’d gone to Torbeck to ask her to let him accompany the mission, he hadn’t held much hope. It didn’t comply with leadership doctrine and was just plain irresponsible. The reasons he had were true, but shouldn’t be allowed to play a role. His surprise had been all the greater when Aila had agreed after only a moment’s hesitation. It seemed odd, but he didn’t care right now. The only thing that mattered was that he would be able to leave this vault. Everything else was secondary. Wiegner slapped himself in the face twice. “Pull yourself together, man. Just pull yourself together.”

He left his quarters, and made his way to the briefing.

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