"Thomas A. Easton - Alien Resonance" - читать интересную книгу автора (Easton Thomas A)

slid downward to show two rapt faces, drew back to show embracing arms, and back
again to show two figures walking from the crowd, absorbed in each other.
A wave of knocking worrystones spread from the moving pair like the wake behind
a boat. Their success clearly excited those around them, and the camera lingered
while the clacks rattled like castanets. There were no more Rringg!!s until the
view shifted to other crowds.
"The enchantment seems to be only temporary," said the announcer. "But
enchantment it is. An enchantment of good feeling that some people are saying
exceeds even a drug trip.
"And more eggs are coming. We're getting reports that they are falling from the
sky, drifting slowly, like giant, colorful snowflakes. There will be thousands
more on the ground by morning.
"Will there be enough for everyone?" She held up her own worrystone, her thumb
stroking, stroking. "Anyone want to knock?"
Alec whistled. "I can just imagine what they're saying right now in the
Pentagon."
Di laughed, but uneasily. "They won't want to let people keep them, will they?"
"It wouldn't be in character, would it?"
Di raised one hand, suddenly attentive. She looked toward the half-open window.
"Shh!"
He waited until her hand fell. "What was it? An egg-hunter?"
She shook her head. "Something else. Not loud. Faint. Like breaking glass."
"Maybe?"
"Maybe!" She jumped to her feet. "Let's go see."
He followed her through the back door and into the yard. The night was cool and
the sky was clear. Stars glimmered above them. The moon was in its first
quarter, and there was just enough light to see the blackberry bushes.
"Over there." As they neared the bushes, they went down on hands and knees. They
searched the edge of the lawn, and then, wincing at every brush of thorny stems,
they pressed into and through the canes. Finally, among the trees beyond, they
found the pile of shards whose forming Di had heard.
On her knees again, Alec looming over her, Di sorted through the fragments until
she found the worrystone. She raised it toward Alec, waiting. He fished his own
from the depths of his pocket and held it out. They knocked, but the only sound
was the "Clack" both had feared.
Her face fell. Alec felt a surge of disappointment. Neither said a word as they
took a more roundabout path back to the house.
Inside again, Di held her stone to the light. It glowed the spring green of pine
candles. "It's real," she said. "But..."
"Try again?" They knocked once more, with the same result. "These two aren't
mates, are they?"
"I'd like to feel what the people on TV were feeling."
"So would I." Alec laid one hand on her shoulder. She turned, her face against
his chest, her hair fragrant with shampoo and leafsmell. He tightened the curl


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of his arm, and bent his head to kiss her.