"James Patrick Kelly - Dividing the Sustain" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kelly James Patrick)

тАЬZelmet keeps a couple of dozen male orbweavers on ice. I call them all Rich.
Every so often we thaw one out and show Rags a good time.тАЭ

тАЬHmm. I have my doubts as to whether spiders enjoy mating,тАЭ said Emsley.
тАЬI would imagine that pleasure was reserved for vertebrates.тАЭ

тАЬHe keeps her egg cases on ice too. If we make planetfall on a terraformed
world, I thaw them out and set them free.тАЭ

тАЬSpeaking of reproduction, donтАЩt forget youтАЩre due to have the baby
re-embodied.тАЭ EmsleyтАЩs thinking head was simpering at Ilona s babyface, trying to
make it laugh. тАЬYou almost put it off too long last time. If you go into labor, my
hands are tied.тАЭ

тАЬI know, I know,тАЭ she said wearily.

They parted as they left the BioCore. Ilona wanted to be alone and went off to
the VRCore. Been was considering whether to lift down to the li-brary to read up on
the life cycle of orbweavers when he ran into Nelly. He accepted her invitation to
catch the fourth lunch seating.

тАЬSo do you miss me?тАЭ Been rolled a wad of drigi noodles onto his fork.

тАЬOf course we do, Beenie.тАЭ She reached across the table to touch his hand.
тАЬWe had Sandor in the other night and. .. well...тАЭ She made a lemon face and
laughed. тАЬHe tries, he really does. Of course, when we get to Little Chin, things are
bound to change. There will be lots of trades and turnover. Some of our pods will
probably break up and new ones will form. YouтАЩll find your place.тАЭ

Been let that go by without comment.

тАЬAnd pay no attention to Henk Krall.тАЭ She leaned forward and lowered her
voice. тАЬIf you ask me, he should stop talking about how you got recast and think
about doing it himself. Zola claims heтАЩs already half stale.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm not worried.тАЭ

тАЬYour friend was so bad the other night at your birthday party.тАЭ She sipped
darkmeat broth out of a cup.

тАЬMy friend?тАЭ

тАЬThe one with the name. Ydt? He really had us scared, pretending that the
colony was going to disband because Lars Benzonia was stale. I was ready to stick
my head out of the airlock. I canтАЩt believe you actually prac-tice lying in that
meetup.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs actually harder to tell the truth.тАЭ As soon as he said it, he realized that it
was true. Been had been surprising himself lately.