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〃Sure。〃 She threw open a refrigerator door。 〃Diet Coke?〃

〃Youre kidding。 。。。。。

〃The can design is different; and Im afraid its warm; but its Diet Coke; all right。〃

〃Im buying stock in that pany;〃 Harry said。 〃Now that we know itll still be there in fifty years。〃 He read the can。 〃Official drink of the Star Voyager Expedition。〃

〃Yeah; its a promo;〃 Beth said。

Harry turned the can around。 The other side was printed in Japanese。 〃Wonder what this means?〃

〃It means; dont buy that stock after all;〃 she said。 Norman sipped the Coke with a sense of vague unease。 The galley seemed subtly changed from the last time he had seen it。 He wasnt sure…hed only glanced briefly at the room before…but he usually had a good memory for room layouts; and his wife had always joked that Norman could find his way around any kitchen。 〃You know;〃 he said; 〃I dont remember a refrigerator in the galley。〃

〃I never really noticed; myself;〃 Beth said。

〃As a matter of fact;〃 Norman said; 〃this whole room looks different to me。 It looks bigger; and…I dont know…different。〃

〃Its cause youre hungry。〃 Harry grinned。

〃Maybe;〃 Norman said。 Harry could actually be right。 In the sixties; there had been a number of studies of visual perception which demonstrated that subjects interpreted blurred slides according to their predispositions。 Hungry people saw all the slides as food。

But this room really did look different。 For instance; he didnt remember the door to the galley being to the left; as ''249'' it was now。 He remembered it as being in the center of the wall separating the galley from the bunks。

〃This way;〃 Beth said; leading them farther aft。 〃Actually; the refrigerator was what got me thinking。 Its one thing to store a lot of food on a test ship being sent through a black hole。 But to stock a refrigerator…why bother to do that? It made me think; there might be a crew after all。〃

They entered a short; glass…walled tunnel。 Deep…purple lights glowed down on them。 〃Ultraviolet;〃 Beth said。 〃I dont know what its for。〃

〃Disinfection?〃

〃Maybe。〃

〃Maybe its to get a suntan;〃 Harry said。 〃Vitamin D。〃 Then they came into a large room unlike anything Norman had ever seen。 The floor glowed purple; bathing the room in ultraviolet light from beneath。 Mounted on all four walls were a series of wide glass tubes。 Inside each tube was a narrow silver mattress。 The tubes all appeared empty。

〃Over here;〃 Beth said。

They peered through one glass tube。 The naked woman had once been beautiful。 It was still possible to see that。 Her skin was dark brown and deeply wrinkled; her body withered。

〃Mummified?〃 Harry said。

Beth nodded。 〃Best I can figure out。 I havent opened the tube; considering the risk of infection。〃

〃What was this room?〃 he said; looking around。

〃It must be some kind of hibernation chamber。 Each tube is separately connected to a life…support system…power supply; air handlers; heaters; the works…in the next room。〃

Harry counted。 〃Twenty tubes;〃 he said。

〃And twenty bunks;〃 Norman said。

〃So where is everybody else?〃

Beth shook her head。 〃I dont know。〃

〃This woman is the only one left?〃

〃Looks like it。 I havent found any others。〃

〃I wonder how they all died;〃 Harry said。

〃Have you been to the sphere?〃 Norman asked Beth。

〃No。 Why?〃

''250'' 〃Just wondered。〃

〃You mean; you wondered if the crew died after they picked up the sphere?〃

〃Basically; yes。〃

〃I dont think the sphere is aggressive or dangerous in any sense;〃 Beth said。 〃Its possible that the crew died of natural causes in the course of the journey itself。 This woman; for example; is so well preserved it makes you wonder about radiation。 Maybe she got a large dose of radiation。 Theres tremendous radiation around a black hole。〃

〃You think the crew died going through the black hole; and the sphere was picked up automatically by the spacecraft later?〃

〃Its possible。〃

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