“You told them the
plant was still operating at half power?” No matter how much she
shifts her chair, Castor cannot help but feel the two hooded figures
keep closing in.
“I did. They said
not to worry, shutdown would resume shortly.”
“And did it?” Both
hoods are speaking as one now, two bodies but only one deep,
rumbling, terrible voice.
“Not immdeiately,
no,” she tells them, “ It was still several hours before the
load dispatcher gave the green light to continue.”
“And in the
meantime....?”
“The power levels
fell dramatically below a safe operating level. The crew made some
effort to raise them, but all to no avail. Then, at around eleven
pm, the green light was given,and everybody seemed to forget about
the danger. They continued the shutdown, regardless of their own
concerns about the state of the reactor.”
