"Charles de Lint - Sign Here" - читать интересную книгу автора (De Lint Charles)

"Mr. Parker?"

"Yes?"

"My name's Robert Chaplin."

"Oh, yes. Peter's friend. The one who's trying to help him break his deal with the devil."

"Are you the devil?"

"The devil is rather a recent conceit. I'm much older than that."

"Which doesn't really answer my question."

"It's not really relevant. Was that all you wanted to know?"

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"No. IтАж this stuff you're teaching Peter. Is it all just going to be parlor tricks?"

"What I've taught him, and will teach him, are hardly tricks. They are lessons that will help him to
understand the underpinnings of the world. The more proficiency he gains, both in understanding the
makings of the world and in manipulating them, the closer he will come to achieving the potential I see
inside him."

"Unless he dies first."

"Everyone dies, Mr. Chaplin. Everything has an expiration date."

"Except for you."

"Even me. I'm long-lived, not immortal."

"So why Peter?"

"He has a bright fire in his soul. He has so much potential."

"But what's that to you?"

"I like to help people."

"By stealing their souls."

"That isn't how I'd phrase it."

"Then how would you phrase it?"