"Burstein, Michael A - Reality Check" - читать интересную книгу автора (Burstein Michael A)

"Tight security, huh?"

"Ever sinceЦwell, we try." She reached out her hand to open the door, then
stopped. "Are you sure youТre ready?"

"Yeah, yeah, IТm sure." David rolled his eyes, still unbelieving.

"OK, then," Kristin said. She slid her passkey through the reader and the
door opened with a click.

David was hit by a blast of sound, a mix of thunder and crashing waves,
which emanated from the center of the room. Its source was a giant globe of
what appeared to be pure electricity, hovering at least a meter above the
ground. It sparkled continuously with white and blue flashes, as if they
had somehow managed to trap the fires of creation.

David had never really bothered with the Jewish blessings of witnessing and
experiencing, but from somewhere in the the back of his mind came the words
"Baruch atah adonoy, elohaynu melech haТolom, sheТosoh li nays bamakom
hazeh"Цthe blessing one said when personally experiencing a miracle. Given
the fact that David had always considered himself a rationalist scientist,
in a world where he always easily managed to keep his religious beliefs
separate from his scientific work, it was the last blessing David had ever
thought he would say.

He recited it, with wonder and eagerness filling his soul.

Kristin shut the door, returning the hallway to blissful silence. "Well,
what do you think?" she asked.

David cleared his throat. "Um. I have one question."

"Shoot."

"Where am I going to get kosher food in Waxahachie?"

Kristin smiled. "IТve already done your homework. ThereТs a Jewish
community in Dallas, less than an hour away."

* * *

"Here are the problems," Kristin said once they were finally back at her
office. She ticked them off on her fingers. "One, weТd like to make the
Gate more stable."

"More stable. Got it." David took notes in his little black binder.

"Two, we have no idea why weТre connected to this one particular universe."