"John DeChancie - Castle 04 - Castle War" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dechancie John)

тАЬAnd the castle chooses 144,000 of these universes and creates access doors that we all go traipsing
through.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩve hit it on the head.тАЭ

тАЬBut I really donтАЩt emotionally accept it,тАЭ Linda went on. тАЬI still canтАЩt accept the castle as anything but a
long-lived fantasy. I think Gene has trouble with it, too. ThatтАЩs why he feels he has to get back once in a
while. Back to the gritty, real world we came from.тАЭ

тАЬAll good luck to Gene,тАЭ Dalton said, тАЬbut IтАЩm staying right here.тАЭ

тАЬI ainтАЩt goinтАЩ nowhere, either,тАЭ Deena said. тАЬI didnтАЩt have it so great back in Bed-Sty.тАЭ

Dalton said, тАЬI think all of us are here because of problems in the so-called real world. ThatтАЩs what
opens a door into this place. A willingness to chuck it all and leave.тАЭ

тАЬYou really think so?тАЭ Linda said.

тАЬOf course. HavenтАЩt you ever wondered why only certain types show up here?тАЭ

тАЬNow that you mention it, I have.тАЭ

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тАЬSure. And havenтАЩt you ever wondered why whole worlds donтАЩt come pouring through? ItтАЩs because
only a few people тАФ beings тАФ can get through those magic doorways. To everyone else they are shut
tight.тАЭ

тАЬWe have had a few invasions,тАЭ Linda said.

тАЬWell, I was speaking generally, of course. The Hosts of Hell were certainly an exception.тАЭ

тАЬAnd so were the blue meanies a little while back,тАЭ Deena said. тАЬI hated those dudes.тАЭ

тАЬI wonder how they got in, then?тАЭ Linda said.

тАЬPerhaps a whole world full of beings can hate their own world,тАЭ Thaxton said.

тАЬI doubt it,тАЭ Dalton said. тАЬIt just goes to show that there are no hard-and-fast rules to Castle Perilous.
You have to be on your toes all the time.тАЭ

тАЬGood morning!тАЭ

All heads turned to Gene Ferraro as he came striding in lugging two huge suitcases. Unlike most of his
fellow Guests, who were in vaguely medieval garb. Gene was dressed in sweat pants, running shoes, T-
shirt, and windbreaker. He also wore a big grin.