"Hoffman-HereWeCome" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hoffman Abbie)

--What's he doing?-- Matt asked the wall.

--Connecting,-- the wall said. --Are you talking to me?-- Its voice had changed
slightly.

--Am I?-- Matt looked at Edmund. His mouth opened slightly, and his eyebrows
stayed up.

--Yes, -- said the wall. "Yes," said Edmund.

Matt swallowed. --This is so strange.

--Yes.

-Slowly he pulled his hand away from the wall. His skin faded to tan again.

He held his hand out to Matt. She stared at it without touching it.

"What do you want?" he asked her. "What do you need?"

"Me? I don't need anything," she said.

"I'm here for you."

"What?"

He dropped his hand to his thigh. "I follow as the spirit leads me," he said.
"It led me to you. Let me know when you figure out what you want."

"I take care of myself," she said.

"Yes," he said.

"I don't need anything else."

"All right."

"What do you want?" she asked him again.

He smiled wide. "Nothing," he said again. "Guess that makes us a match."

"I don't turn into a brick," said Matt, unnerved. She hadn't realized until this
moment how much she valued being different and special, even if no one else knew
just how special. She knew, and that had been enough, until now. She didn't want
this man to be anything like her.

He said, "Would you like to be a brick? I like it. It's nice being a part of
something so solid."