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as she also knows your name. She gets 
Skylar to use the camera to show her 
the wound.
“You’re going to have to take your hand away,” 
says the doctor. “Skylar, there’s a squeezy bottle 
of sterile saline. I want you to squeeze it into the 
wound so it will clear away the blood. Kiran, it’s 
going to sting, but we have to do it.”
A new wave of fear washes through you as Skylar 
points the squeezy bottle at your arm. How could 
it hurt more than this? Skylar nods at you and you 
close your eyes, tense up and yank your hand away 
from the wound. You try to be brave but can’t 
help squealing as it feels like Skylar is pouring cold 
acid into your arm. The doctor speaks loudly to be 
heard.
“Ok, the good news is that it is not bad enough for 
a tourniquet but we’re going to have to pack it with 
haemostatic gauze.”
“What’s that?” Skylar asks.
“I need to help you,” they reply, but then Sasha tells 
you that Skylar is on the way.
“Go. Skylar will look after me. Go on.”
You watch Kamari get into the lunar buggy airlock 
and close the door. You hear the mechanical 
sounds of the pumps and the whoosh of air. The 
pain comes at you in waves as you clutch your arm 
and you slump to the ground. Then you hear the 
door open and you say “Skylar? Is that you?”
“Yes,” they reply, “where are you?”
“Round this side. Don’t worry. It’s safe.”
You feel relief as Skylar appears round the side of 
the buggy holding a large med kit.
“What happened?” Skylar asks.
“I was in a fight with one of the crew astronauts. 
Don’t worry – she’s trapped in that airlock now.”
A voice comes out of Skylar’s phone and it is clear 
that there is a doctor on the line. You feel reassured 

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