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tions but, like the voice had said, they had three minutes and…
Chavo must have come to the same con-clusion. “Let’s get moving!” he said.
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The first leap was the most difficult. Juan was sure that, in some way, his weightless-ness would betray him and send him straight into the animal’s mouth. He moved slowly and, as soon as his feet left the floor, he be-gan waving his arms like a madman, furi-ously reaching for the grips on the wall.
Three metres? It felt more like three kilo-metres. After what seemed like an eternity, his hands closed around the grips and Juan wasted no time in thanking the Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of zero-gravity.
He turned and watched in horror as Cha-vo moved parallel to him and then flew past. In a flash, the fate h
