"Jeff Grubb - StarCraft Libertys - Crusade" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grubb Jeff)

тАЬFull column-page print, or five minutes stand-up for the broadcast. Under your byline, of course.тАЭ

тАЬRegular?тАЭ

тАЬYou file, IтАЩll fill.тАЭ

Another pause. тАЬA raise with that?тАЭ

Anderson named a figure, and Mike nodded.

тАЬThatтАЩs impressive,тАЭ he said.

тАЬNot chump change,тАЭ agreed the editor-in-chief.

тАЬIтАЩm a little old to be planet-hopping.тАЭ

тАЬThereтАЩs no real danger. And if something does flare up, thereтАЩs combat pay. Automatic.тАЭ

тАЬFifty percent brain-panned?тАЭ Mike asked.

тАЬIf that.тАЭ

Another pause. Then Mike said, тАЬWell, it sounds like a challenge.тАЭ

тАЬAnd youтАЩre just the man for a challenge.тАЭ

тАЬAnd it canтАЩt be worse than covering the Tarsonis City Council,тАЭ Mike mused, feeling himself sliding
down the slippery slope to acceptance.
тАЬMy thoughts exactly,тАЭ his editor agreed.

тАЬAnd if it would help the network . . .тАЭ Yep, Mike thought, he was on the edge, poised to pitch over into
the void.

тАЬYou would be a shining light to us all,тАЭ said Anderson. тАЬA well-paid, shining light. Wave the flag a little,
get some personal stories, ride around in a battlecruiser, play some cards. DonтАЩt worry about us back
here at the office.тАЭ

тАЬCush posting?тАЭ

тАЬCushiest. IтАЩve got some pull, you know. Was an old green-tag myself. Three months work, tops. A
lifetime of rewards.тАЭ

There was a final pause, a chasm as deep as the concrete canyon that yawned beyond the window.

тАЬAll right,тАЭ said Mike, тАЬIтАЩll do it.тАЭ

тАЬWonderful!тАЭ Anderson reached for the humidor, then caught himself and instead offered Mike his hand.
тАЬYou wonтАЩt regret it.тАЭ

тАЬWhy do I feel that I already do?тАЭ Michael Liberty asked in a small voice as the editorтАЩs meaty, sweaty