"Terry Dowling - Flashmen" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dowling Terry)

тАЬPunky? Then -тАЭ

тАЬRight,тАЭ Walt Senny said, his ruined voice like a shovel against a
sidewalk.

And got me, Sam thought. Punky and Maisie Day and the rest.

But ten years. Probably not Maisie. Still, Punky Bannas liked known
players no less than Sunny and Walt did. His Regulators would need to be
solid, as familiar as he could get.

тАЬWhoтАЩs their pure?тАЭ Which was saying yes, of course. LetтАЩs
re-activate the Salt Hue Trimmers. Sunny even managed his lopsided
grin, two, three seconds of one.

Walt Senny knew better than to smile. тАЬKid named Jacko. Henna
Jacko. First class.тАЭ

тАЬWhoтАЩs ours?тАЭ Sam asked. Should have been: whoтАЩs yours? but he
slipped.

тАЬNew kid. Thomas Gunn, if you can believe it. Thomas not Tommy.
HeтАЩs prime. Talent scout found him in a doss out in Dryport.тАЭ

тАЬThe rest,тАЭ Sam said. тАЬI need it all.тАЭ

Sunny gave his grin. Walt Senny spun his stick in a splendid bonham.
Spectators ahhhтАЩd. One, trying too hard, called out: тАЬBravo!тАЭ

тАЬNot here,тАЭ Walt said. тАЬCome out to TaggerтАЩs. Meet the crew.тАЭ

Sam had to grin back at them. TaggerтАЩs. All of it, just like ten years
before. Ghosts out of the smoke.

And the possibility of Maisie Day.

****

Sam didnтАЩt have to wait until TaggerтАЩs. Sunny had borrowed a clean van
from Raph Swale, and as soon as they were on the city road and heтАЩd
switched on the dampeners, Sam asked it.

тАЬA new Landing?тАЭ

тАЬNot as easy as that,тАЭ Sunny said.

тАЬSailmakerтАЩs had a kid,тАЭ Walt said from the back. тАЬReplicated.тАЭ

Sam was truly surprised. One hundred and eighty-six Landings
across the planet and all of them pretty much stable since The Sailmaker