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"Contact completed," said the technician to Peters, in the purple twilight slowly deepening to black starry night. "Slight dimming of Norcriss's life-pulse this time, not so bad as last time."
Peters nodded as he ripped open a fresh packet of cigarettes. "Machine functioning properly?"