"Kathleen Ann Goonan - The Bridge" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goose Mother)

She continued in her dreamy, semi-hypnotized tone, тАЬDoctor White.тАЭ
Then her eyes widened for a fraction of a second and she swallowed. тАЬI
think.тАЭ She looked out the window. тАЬNo. It was ... Green. Or ... was it Elliott?
I donтАЩt remember....тАЭ

тАЬHow long did it take?тАЭ

She answered eagerly. She seemed very happy to change the
subject. тАЬI donтАЩt know. You dream a lot. But itтАЩs not the same as regular
sleep dreaming. Images race through your head, but they are very intense,
very real.тАЭ

IтАЩd read that they used a combination of powerful psychotropic drugs
and hypnotism. But IтАЩm no scientist. I canтАЩt begin to understand how they
can replicate identity. It would seem impossible. And people have
complained that it doesnтАЩt really work very well, the people who have had
this done.

тАЬWhat are you majoring in?тАЭ I asked.

She stared at me for a split second, then said, тАЬMedicine, Mr. Jones. I
am a second-year medical student. Although I donтАЩt see what my personal
life has to do with anything.тАЭ

тАЬI realize that you have access to very little money, but at this point I
will have to begin charging an hourly rate plus expenses. Today I spent four
hoursтАФтАЭ

тАЬFour hours! What did you do?тАЭ

тАЬI spoke to Dr. Frisco at the morgue.тАЭ

She became agitated. тАЬThe morgue! What were you doing there? All
you need to do, Mr. Jones, is get the copies! I have given you the map; you
know where it is in his bedroom; you can watch to see when he leaves the
house! However you do such things!тАЭ

тАЬI am the detective here, Ms. Quick.тАЭ I watched her face carefully. тАЬI
understand that you want and need documentation of the truth of the matter
here, and thatтАФтАЭ

She leaned forward in her chair abruptly. Her face was twisted. тАЬI just
want my sister and mother,тАЭ she hissed. тАЬGet me the copies and I will pay
you all the money that you could possibly want.тАЭ

тАЬSo you donтАЩt really want to free them from the legal thrall of being
merely a copy. Or even, it seems, re-create them.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs not true! Of course it isnтАЩt! But this is the first step.тАЭ