And someone is VERY proud to have written that, I'm sure.

I think the hostility strangling the oxygen out of the air is a bit creative. Perhaps more creative than I might have gone, but I think it shows that it was VERY hostile there, so that at least makes sense.

As for the permanent impermanence of the shelter, I think they are showing that it will forever be a crappy shelter and they used a crappy oxymoron to show it. I think you're not looking deeply enough into this. That's the problem.

For time dilating...uh, yeah, I'm just going with extreme creativity in that one...with, perhaps, a dash of cocaine.