carter said , `` if there 's anyone outside the ship , we wo n't be able to get him out . '' i quickly place a hand on her hip . when they 'd been melted off the paddles , it had left several strands of pure copper naked on the ends of both of them . it 's funny how quickly you lose sense of the hours in a room with no clocks or natural light . the voices moved farther away but not out of range . and pointing it directly at her . or is it a good days work ? 