"Samuel R. Delany - Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" - читать интересную книгу автора (Delaney Samuel R)

тАЬYouтАЩre still hanging out around here?тАЭ I asked.

тАЬSometimes.тАЭ

He was an amazing kid.

тАЬLook, Hawk, I got to get out of here.тАЭ I glanced back at the rumpus.

тАЬGet.тАЭ He stepped down. тАЬCan I come too?тАЭ

Funny. тАЬYeah.тАЭ It makes me feel very funny him asking that. тАЬCome on.тАЭ



By the street lamp, half a block down, I saw his hair was still pale as split pine. He could have been a
nasty-grimy: very dirty black denim jacket, no shirt beneath; very ripe pair of black-jeansтАФI mean in the
dark you could tell. He went barefoot; and the only way you can tell on a dark street someoneтАЩs been
going barefoot for days in New York is to know already. As we reached the corner, he grinned up at me
under the street lamp and shrugged his jacket together over the welts and furrows marring his chest and
belly. His eyes were very green. Do you recognize him? If by some failure of information dispersal
throughout the worlds and worldlets you havenтАЩt, walking beside me beside the Hudson was Hawk the
Singer.

тАЬHey, how long have you been back?тАЭ

тАЬA few hours,тАЭ I told him.

тАЬWhatтАЩd you bring?тАЭ

тАЬReally want to know?тАЭ

He shoved his hands into his pockets and cocked his head. тАЬSure.тАЭ

I made the sound of an adult exasperated by a child. тАЬAll right.тАЭ We had been walking the waterfront for
a block now; there was nobody about. тАЬSit down.тАЭ So he straddled the beam along the siding, one foot
dangling above the flashing black Hudson. I sat in front of him and ran my thumb around the edge of the
briefcase.

Hawk hunched his shoulders and leaned. тАЬHeyтАжтАЭ He flashed green questioning at me. тАЬCan I touch?тАЭ

I shrugged. тАЬGo ahead.тАЭ

He grubbed among them with fingers that were all knuckle and bitten nail. He picked two up, put them
down, picked up three others. тАЬHey!тАЭ he whispered. тАЬHow much are all these worth?тАЭ

тАЬAbout ten times more than I hope to get. I have to get rid of them fast.тАЭ

He glanced down at his hanging foot. тАЬYou could always throw them in the river.тАЭ