"Joe Haldeman - Blood Brothers" - читать интересную книгу автора (Haldeman Joe)

and heart and slit a lung as well.
They clung to each other. One-Thumb watched bright blood spurt from the other's back
and heard his own blood falling, as the pain grew. The dagger still in his left hand, he
stabbed, almost idly. Again he stabbed. It seemed to take a long time. The pain grew. The
other man was doing the same. A third stab, he watched the blade rise and slowly fall, and
inching slide back out of the flesh. With every second, the pain seemed to double; with
every second, the flow of time slowed by half. Even the splash of blood was slowed, like a
viscous oil falling through water as it sprayed away. And now it stopped completely, a thick
scarlet web frozen there between his dagger and Lastel's backтАФhis own backтАФand as the
pain spread and grew, marrow itself on fire, he knew he would look at that forever. For a
flickering moment he saw the image of two sorcerers, smiling.