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Isolova was the first over to George. Then came Angela. Angela told Erisa, "I'm a doctor. Thanks, Erisa. I can fix up George now." Angela talked for a moment with Isolova. They reassured George and then, Isolova scratched him, and he fell asleep.

Erisa was now holding onto a strap on the wall, not five feet away. She couldn't believe any of this. Here she was in space, with Randy touching her, watching a scene of death and wounding. She realized that possibly everybody except her had a means of killing or hurting the others. This whole situation was crazy. It was like watching that family jump from the roof. It was like watching Boston blow up. The nightmare was continuing. She was closer to it than she ever was before.

She looked down at Randy, who was holding on to her leg, and she said, "Randy! Let me go!" Then she kicked at him. Angela looked up.

"George is going to be OK. I have to cut the meteorite out of his shoulder right now. It went in and didn't come out." As she was looking at the wound and ripping through the bloody shirt she realized that Erisa just called this guy Randy. "Erisa, you just said Randy to Jack. Erisa, who is this?" Then she looked over at Randy. "Jack, is your name really Randy?"