"The wind's blowing hot from the south."
"Seal up." Dr. James Stevens called to the rest in the laboratories, "Seal up, everybody! Hot wind from the south!"
There was a collective groan, but the other five members of their team hustled to comply, closing down outside vents and taping down all the usual cracks. They purged the air system and reset it for circulation. Nobody questioned the order, though they were all disappointed, Dr. Stevens, perhaps, most of all. The hot wind frightened him, though he didn't ever let it show. Radiation in general frightened him because it was invisible and insidious. He knew better than anyone how it lurked in the cells and waited, sometimes for years, decades, to make tangible changes.
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