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:37:09
I set the alarm on my stopwatch
for six hours.

:37:12
I regulated the O2 tank,
took some Dramamine, and tried to sleep.

:37:16
Did you?
:37:18
-What?
-Did you sleep?

:37:20
Not at first. I've never
considered myself claustrophobic...

:37:24
but I started sweating and I couldn't find
the right flow rate on the tank...

:37:29
and I was breathing differently than I was
when I was testing it on the outside.

:37:33
Eventually, I settled down, and...
:37:36
I don't know, maybe it was the Dramamine
kicking in, but I remember this moment...

:37:40
in the dark
with the reverberation of the machine.

:37:43
It was maybe the most content
I've ever been.

:37:49
I woke up on my own without the alarm...
:37:52
and waited for the machine to cool down.
Cool down from my perspective.

:37:55
It got to a point where it sounded safe
to get out...

:37:58
but the stopwatch still showed
a couple minutes...

:38:01
so I trusted the math and waited.
:38:39
That's not a static shock, Abe.
Okay, please stop it.

:38:49
You got out too soon.
:38:53
You have to wait forthe stopwatch
so that you know the gain is low enough.

:38:57
So, we're back here?
:38:59
Yeah, we're here.
It's 8:50, Tuesday morning.


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