"Asaro, Catherine - Echea" - читать интересную книгу автора (Asaro Catherine)

EcheaТs link would be her first step into
the world that my daughters already knew,
the Earth culture denied so many who had
fled to the Moon.

After a bit of hesitation, I made an
appointment with Ronald Caro, our
Interface Physician.

Through force of habit, I did not tell my
husband.

I had known my husband all my life, and
our match was assumed from the beginning.
We had a warm and comfortable
relationship, much better than many among
my peers. I had always liked my husband,
and had always admired the way he worked
his way around each obstacle life
presented him.

One of those obstacles was Ronald Caro.
When he arrived in St. Paul, after getting
all his degrees and licenses and awards,
Ronald Caro contacted me. He had known
that my daughter Kally was in need of a
link, and he offered to be the one to do
it.

I would have turned him down, but my
husband, always practical, checked on his
credentials.

"How sad," my husband had said. "HeТs
become one of the best Interface
Physicians in the country."

I hadnТt thought it sad. I hadnТt thought
it anything at all except inconvenient. My
family had forbidden me to see Ronald Caro
when I was sixteen, and I had disobeyed
them.

All girls, particularly home-schooled
ones, have on-line romances. Some progress
to vid conferencing and virtual sex. Only
a handful progress to actual physical
contact. And of those that do, only a
small fraction survive.