"‘The official term is DCS 2 - Second Stage Decompression Sickness; more generally known as...’
‘...The Bends, yeah,’ she
finished for him. ‘Wow! What: were you in an accident or something?’ Brevis
sighed and shook his head.
‘Nothing that I can
remember. They pulled me out of the water a little over 60 kilometres from
here. I came up too quick: blood vessels exploded in both my eyes; I had an aneurysm;
nitrogen narcosis killed my spine and paralysed both my legs. I spent ages in a
hyperbaric chamber; more time in surgery. They saved one eye; the other one’s
glass. 40% hearing loss in one ear... the list goes on..."’
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