Tomcat successfully reached Kunlun Station. It proceeded forward, following the walls, before finding the airlock's hatch. After opening the hatch, the duo entered one after another before they collapsed inside, Tang Yue gasping for breath.
The short hundred-meter distance between the Eagle and Kunlun Station was as arduous as a death march.
Tomcat got up and switched on the sanitation system, blowing and washing off the dirt from the two of them.
Having returned from the sandstorm, even Tomcat looked like a muddy cat.
"Time?" Tang Yue asked, panting.
"Twelve past six in the afternoon," Tomcat replied. It dragged the limp Tang Yue through the airlock and opened the hatch to the Hab.
