Twenty kilometers. At an average speed of 120 klicks per hour, we should cover the distance in ten minutes… — Dan Simmons
Twenty kilometers. At an average speed of 120 klicks per hour, we should cover the distance in ten minutes. Ten freezing, adrenaline-pumping, gorge-rising, terror-beating-against-the-ribs, react-in-a-microsecond-or-die seconds.
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