Status Updates From Cobalt Red: How the Blood o...

The entire operation seemed like a death sentence, be it from suffocation, drowning, or collapse. I asked Ikolo if it was worth the risk. He went silent for a moment before offering a response. “There is no other work here. Cobalt is the only possibility. We go down the tunnel. If we make it back with enough cobalt, our worries are finished for one day.”
Ikolo looked somberly at his two boys, ages four and five.

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Even if you think you know that it’s horrible, it is SO. MUCH. WORSE

This should be required reading, I cannot stop thinking about the horrors described here