"David Eddings - The Dreamers 02 - The Treasured One" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

He wasnтАЩt too specific, and I didnтАЩt want to push him.тАЩ

Veltan winced. тАШThatтАЩs very rugged country up there, big brother. I donтАЩt think the
Trogites will like the idea of fighting on ground like that.тАЩ

тАШIt canтАЩt be much worse than the ravine above Lattash was, can it?тАЩ Zelana asked.

тАШIt makes that ravine look like a gentle meadow, sister mine,тАЩ Veltan replied
glumly. тАШIt wasnтАЩt even there at the end of my last cycle. When I woke up, the man-
things of my Domain seemed to be very excited about it. IтАЩm not sure exactly why
Vash created the falls, but they are spectacular to look at. Looking is one thing, but
walking around up thereтАЩs something entirely different. I wouldnтАЩt be at all surprised
if YaltarтАЩs twin volcanos are an outgrowth of what heтАЩd done when his name was
Vash. The river that tumbles over the falls originates in a geyser that spouts up about
a hundred feet into the air, and thatтАЩs got a fairly strong odor of earthquakes and
eruptions. ThereтАЩs a fault line just south of that geyser, and it left a sheer face about
two hundred feet high a mile or so downstream from the geyser. With all that water
tumbling over the edge, itтАЩs impossible to climb up that cliff, so anybody who wants
to get up there has to take a different route.тАЩ Veltan stopped and suddenly snapped his
fingers. тАШI should have known that this was coming!тАЩ he exclaimed. тАШLast spring
Omago told me that some strangers had been asking questions about the Falls of
Vash. I had my mind on other things at the time, so I didnтАЩt pursue it. Evidently, the
VlaghтАЩs been sending scouts out into our Domains for quite a while now.тАЩ

тАШWhoтАЩs Omago?тАЩ Zelana asked.

тАШHeтАЩs a very solid, dependable fellow with an extensive orchard near my house. He
knows more about farming than anybody else in my Domain does, and heтАЩs a very
good listener. Other farmers come to him for advice, and they tell him about any
unusual things that are happening. Then he passes them onto me.тАЩ

тАШHeтАЩs the chief, then?тАЩ Longbow asked.

тАШI wouldnтАЩt go quite that far, Longbow. He gives advice, not orders.тАЩ

тАШIt sort of amounts to the same thing, wouldnтАЩt you say? A good chief does things
that way. Only bad chieftains order their men around. Fortunately, they donтАЩt usually
last very long.тАЩ

тАШHeтАЩs got a point there, Veltan,тАЩ I agreed. тАШYou might want to consider getting
word to this Omago fellow. Let him know whatтАЩs in the wind, and have him pass the
word along. Your people should know that the creatures of the Wasteland are coming,
and they need to start getting ready for war.тАЩ

тАШThatтАЩs absurd, Dahlaine,тАЩ Veltan scoffed. тАШMy people donтАЩt even know what the
word тАЬwarтАЭ means. ThatтАЩs why I had to hire NarasanтАЩs army. Omago can probably
make certain that the hired soldiers get plenty to eat, but thatтАЩs likely to be his only
contribution during the war.тАЩ He smiled faintly. тАШOf course, if we can persuade Ara to
do the cooking, we might have some trouble persuading the outlanders to go home
after the warтАЩs over.тАЩ