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

тАЬMerely flashmen, Thomas. We channel power. Deflect the bad kind.
Break the signals from the Landings so the modes switch and people
come back. Restore some of what the Landings shut down.тАЭ

Thomas paused, just sat looking out. Such a silence boded well. It
was the 70/30 again - 70 percent action, 30 percent thoughtful.

тАЬHow do you?тАЭ Thomas finally asked.

Sam shrugged. It was easy to answer the old unanswerables in a way.
тАЬNo idea. Some people can. All magic bird stuff.тАЭ

тАЬMagic bird?тАЭ

тАЬOld saying. Put us in a team, the right mix, we can do it. Just can. For
all we know the Landings did that too. Created an antidote system.тАЭ It was a
favourite line, all that made it tolerable ultimately, the chance of being part
of an autoimmune system against the bogeyman.

тАЬThe Landings retaliate.тАЭ

тАЬSeems they do. No-oneтАЩs sure about any of that. May be just power
readjustments. But better a hundred dead than five thousand in shut-down,
yes?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs the old 70/30. The old WHO/UN ruling!тАЭ

Sam blinked. The kid had surprised him again. тАЬIt is. What do you
think?тАЭ

тАЬSeems right. Seems fair. What do you think, Mr Aitch?тАЭ Also
unexpected.
тАЬNo matter what I think. People insist on it. Would rather gamble that
way than stay a zombie, maybe die through neglect when there arenтАЩt
enough carers soon enough.тАЭ

тАЬTrue death is better.тАЭ

тАЬThey reckon.тАЭ

тАЬYou reckon?тАЭ

тАЬWeтАЩre merely flashmen, Thomas. All we are. Do what weтАЩre hired to
do.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩve been out of it ten years.тАЭ

Here it was.

тАЬThatтАЩs the cafard, the funk, the downtime debt. It drains you, wastes