Cheyenne Mountains, Colorado.
"Sir, do you need to go outside?"
"No, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere."
John watched the helpless Sullivan carefully and firmly grasped the arm of the chair.
"Go and see if the door of the bunker is closed properly. You must not let the shock wave in."
"... Well, if you really want to do so."
"Go!"
When Sullivan left John, he put his eyes back on the console full of operators and looked at the real-time space-based early warning system in the center.
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