Nano 6 – Shatter

Creaaak. The plexiglass windshield beneath him tremored with his weight and the rocking shuttlecraft. He panted, the sound echoing in the eerie silence. Beneath his fingers, the glass groaned with each forceful exhale.

He just needed to straighten out, reach up, and he’d be able to grab the safety harness. He needed to not think about the ominous expanse below with the murky water and dizzying flashes of motion. Inhale. Exhale. Millimeter by millimeter, he rocked his weight off his hands and reached up. Then there was a shattering, and glitter all around him as he fell into the dark. 

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