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236especially if the unthinkable has actually happened,%u201d Ben said.%u201cWe need to know, Ben.%u201d Paula replied. %u201cWhat do we tell the others?%u201d%u201cI guess the truth,%u201d Ben said. %u201cQ. Rise to a good depth to launch a radio buoy, please.%u201d%u201cRising now.%u201dThe two of them retuned to the others and told them what was happening.Twenty minutes later, Q announced, %u201cI have received nothing from the buoy, only static. I%u2019m sorry to say, the likely reason is nuclear war has taken place. Or, it%u2019s happening as I speak.%u201d%u201cTake us down to the maximum depth, Q.%u201d Ben said.Paula had sat in her cabin for just over an hour. Ben had told them all to do exactly that and to consider what they should do. The world above the ocean was likely to have retuned to the middle ages if such a conflict had occurred. They had no definite proof.%u201cQ?%u201d Paula said. %u201cWhat are your thoughts?%u201d %u201cI understand. I think I should have received something. I tried all frequencies including satellite transmissions. I checked the buoy was working correctly. War is 90% likely to have happened.%u201d%u201cFuck!%u201d Paula said.%u201cPaula?%u201d Q said.%u201cWhat, Q?%u201d%u201cDo you wish to have sex?%u201dPaula was taken aback. %u201cUm? Please be specific, Q.%u201d%u201cOf course. My mission seems to have altered. My priority now is to look after you.%u201d%u201cI see. What do you suggest?%u201d Paula asked, intrigued.Sub