Question

Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from "The Cold Equations:" There could be no alternative—but it required a few moments of conditioning for even an EDS pilot to prepare himself to walk across the room and coldly, deliberately, take the life of a man he had yet to meet.

Answer 1

There was no other option, it needed a few moments for even an EDS pilot to get ready (or ready himself) to step on the other side of the room and intentionally and cold-heartedly strip the life of a living being he had not met.