Tarl Cabot shook his head, and tried to keep his hand against the aperture, but, in a bit, his hand fell to the side.
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There was no longer the hiss of escaping gas, for, if any remained in the container, it was not enough to call attention to its exit.
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His knees buckled, and he tried to brace himself against the slanting wall of the damaged vessel.
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It seems likely he would have shortly lost consciousness when he became aware, dimly, that one of the loose containers was suddenly moving about, and it seemed a wind of tiny particles, like a dry blizzard of dust and scraps, invaded the corridor.
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He thrust his face to the small rupture in the container which he had tried to seal with his hand.
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There was surely there, at that small, opened gate, a welcome entrant, a whisper of air, an indisputable, salubrious freshening, within the tiny world.
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He saw the particles outside subsiding.
Tarl Cabot shook his head, and tried to keep his hand against the aperture, but, in a bit, his hand fell to the side.
There was no longer the hiss of escaping gas, for, if any remained in the container, it was not enough to call attention to its exit.
His knees buckled, and he tried to brace himself against the slanting wall of the damaged vessel.
It seems likely he would have shortly lost consciousness when he became aware, dimly, that one of the loose containers was suddenly moving about, and it seemed a wind of tiny particles, like a dry blizzard of dust and scraps, invaded the corridor.
He thrust his face to the small rupture in the container which he had tried to seal with his hand.
There was surely there, at that small, opened gate, a welcome entrant, a whisper of air, an indisputable, salubrious freshening, within the tiny world.
He saw the particles outside subsiding.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter )