"Dennis Danvers - Circuit of Heaven" - читать интересную книгу автора (Danvers Dennis)

тАЬIf IтАЩm being stuck in boarding school, what do I need you for?тАЭ

тАЬPlenty,тАЭ Lawrence said, and laughed again with several different jerks and gestures that Nemo figured
was the whole gang of self-consciousnesses in there whooping it up.

Nemo asked Lawrence if he wanted to listen to some music, and he shrugged and said sure, but when he
got a glimpse of NemoтАЩs grandmotherтАЩs CD player, his face lit up, and he got up off the bed quicker than
Nemo wouldтАЩve thought possible.

тАЬThatтАЩs quite an antique,тАЭ he said, looking down at the player as if it were a baby in a cradle.

Nemo hit Play and Bob Dylan singing тАЬFrankie and AlbertтАЭ came through the speakers, but the machine
was acting up again, and the song sounded as if it were being chopped up into little pieces. Nemo started
to hit itтАФthat sometimes workedтАФbut Lawrence laid a huge hand on his arm. тАЬLet us,тАЭ he said.

He took a screwdriver out of a pouch he wore at his waist and opened up the machine. His fingers
poked delicately among the wires and circuits. He made a few adjustmentsтАФwiggling this and that,
tightening a screwтАФand closed the case. He started it up again. DylanтАЩs voice came out whole, in all its
fierce glory. тАЬThatтАЩll do till weтАЩve got a soldering iron.тАЭ

тАЬCool,тАЭ Nemo said. тАЬHowтАЩd you know what to do?тАЭ

тАЬOne of us used to take these things apart and put them back together again, took damn near everything
apart and put it back together again. That was back in Texas.тАЭ

тАЬSo how many of you are there? I meanтАжтАЭ

тАЬGood a way to put it as any. Three.тАЭ

тАЬThe Texan and the Englishman, and somebody else?тАЭ

тАЬEnglish woman. She was what they used to call a nanny.тАЭ

тАЬSo whoтАЩs the third one?тАЭ
LawrenceтАЩs hands fluttered in the air in a quick series of mysterious gestures. тАЬHe was a mute,тАЭ the
Texan said quietly. тАЬWe talk for him now. He lived in Nagasaki. WeтАЩre honored to meet you.тАЭ

Nemo tried to imagine what it would be like to be three different people from three different countries,
living their lives inside one strange body. тАЬCould you teach me sign language?тАЭ he asked.

тАЬSure enough,тАЭ Lawrence said, moving his hand slowly so Nemo could watch what he was doing.

тАЬWhat does that mean?тАЭ

тАЬI would be honored,тАЭ he said.

Nemo practiced it over and over, following Lawrence around the room as he examined the CD player,
the VCR, the ancient TV. тАЬWe all liked old things,тАЭ he said.

тАЬI hate virtuals,тАЭ Nemo told him. тАЬI just want to listen to the music. I donтАЩt want the whole damn band in