You're not wrong. By the time I woke up there were more than a few people who needed to be put together like a jigsaw puzzle. [He points to the lines on his forehead.] Even those of us that were revived had scars from spots that were slightly eroded.
Heh, I know it sounds like a ridiculous claim, but I was. Every 800,000 seconds, my consciousness threatened to fade, but I fought it off. I was determined to stay alert because I was sure letting myself go to sleep was certain death.
[His mouth feels dry again. Is it from talking, so soon? Or something in the drink? If it's something in the drink, it's an ingenious setup because the only thing to do is take another sip.]
The solution was nital - nitric acid and ethanol. It needed a crazy precise mix, but it could revive anyone.
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Date: 2024-03-21 03:25 am (UTC)Heh, I know it sounds like a ridiculous claim, but I was. Every 800,000 seconds, my consciousness threatened to fade, but I fought it off. I was determined to stay alert because I was sure letting myself go to sleep was certain death.
[His mouth feels dry again. Is it from talking, so soon? Or something in the drink? If it's something in the drink, it's an ingenious setup because the only thing to do is take another sip.]
The solution was nital - nitric acid and ethanol. It needed a crazy precise mix, but it could revive anyone.