:30:01
He won't bother you again.
:30:08
Hunt's pride was short-lived,
:30:10
for now a new horror presented itself.
:30:13
Six huge tendrils moved toward him,
:30:16
weaving their bloated heads
through the silent cabin
:30:19
like a giant octopus.
:30:21
Hunt backed up
against the air-lock door,
:30:24
his hand groping for the lever.
:30:25
The closest tendril was now
only a few feet from his face,
:30:29
and it could surely stretch no further.
:30:31
Suddenly the tip began to expand,
:30:33
disclosing a slimy finger
:30:35
that wormed its way toward him.
:30:38
His own fingers locked
around the lever of the air-tight door.
:30:41
One heave, one super-human thrust,
:30:43
and the next moment he was free,
:30:46
swimming weightless
in the dark sanctuary of space...
:31:10
Remember those jokes
we used to pull on dad?
:31:13
What jokes?
:31:16
You remember...
:31:18
like that time I said I'd seen
something strange out in the garden,
:31:23
and he said "What was that?"
:31:25
I said "A flower",
:31:29
and how you nearly choked laughing?
:31:34
I can't think why.
:31:40
You thought it was
pretty funny at the time.
:31:44
Not now though...
:31:46
Not now that he's dead.
:31:52
A joke doesn't stop being funny
just because someone's dead.
:31:56
It's either funny or it isn't.