There’s so much science, so much engineering in the story. I mean, I think that’s another reason I was drawn to it. But I mean, when I incorporated that, I felt like it added to the drama, it added to your ability to get immersed in the story. Because if you know what diving does to your body, if you know what starvation does to your body or how the limestone rock in this cave reacts to a monsoon flood and what all of the science factors are, it amps up the tension in the story. If you understand that. To me, it’s just opens it up, makes it more of a rich story. So that’s kind of how I approach that was like, it’s not just something on the side to know. It’s really going to make you feel like you were there. If you know these things
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