"John DeChancie - Skyway 3 - Paradox Alley" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dechancie John)

"He'll be all right, girl. Run and fetch some water."

Lori ran off.

"He's out cold, though," Sean said with concern. "Dead
out."

"Jake," John said, indicating Prime. "What about... ?"

"If he doesn't have a pulse, there's not much I can do for
him. And if he doesn't have a heart, all bets are off anyway.
I'm more worried about Carl."

"Well, finding out you've just killed somebody has to be a
shock."

"Maybe. Carl's not the type to faint dead away, though."

"He's youngтАФjust a boy, really."

"Not that young. And I don't like the feel of his pulse."

I moved Lori aside and opened Carl's shirt. After removing


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the protective backing from the transponder, I stuck the disc-
shaped device on his chest, positioning it over the left pectoral
muscle. I prepared another and affixed it to the right pectoral,
then went back and got two more transponders and put them
on either side of his abdomen, just below the rib cage. I took
the key out of my pocket.

"Sam? Are you getting any readings?"

"Yup. Pulse forty-four, with some irregularity in the atrial
and ventricular rhythms. Got some inverted P-waves, too, and
the QRS complex looks kind of wacky."

"What do you make of it?"

"Well, my medical program is telling me his heart is in
trouble. And... wait a minute. Yeah. It's getting worse."

"What does the program say to do?"

"It's recommending things we can't do."