"Paul S. Kemp - Erevis Cale 3 - Midnight's Mask" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kemp Paul S)

remember what happened between you, me, and Riven,
last time we were on the Plane of Shadow?тАЭ
Jak looked up, a furrow in his brow.
Magadon started to speak, stopped, ямБnally nodded.
тАЬErevis, I thought I had dreamed it all, or conceived it in
a meditation. Sometimes my mind manifests wishes as
realiтАФтАЭ He stopped and smiled. тАЬNever mind all that. I
do remember. It started to come back to me shortly after
I saw him atop the tower with the slaad.тАЭ
тАЬWhat came back to you?тАЭ Jak asked.
Cale nodded, pleased to have his own hazy memory
conямБrmed. Magadon had set RivenтАЩs betrayalтАФitself the
product of a latent psionic compulsionтАФas the trigger that
would allow the guide and Cale to remember the strata-
gem they had developed.
тАЬSo what next, then?тАЭ Magadon asked.
Jak took his pipe from his mouth and regarded them
with narrowed eyes.
тАЬWhat are you two talking about?тАЭ
MagadonтАЩs question sent CaleтАЩs mind racing. He thought
ямБrst of Riven and of Varra. He made up his mind.
тАЬA return to Skullport,тАЭ he announced. тАЬJust me. For
only a moment or two.тАЭ
He wanted to determine if the city still stood. He
needed to see if Varra was all right.
тАЬSkullport?тАЭ Jak asked. тАЬWhy would we return there?
Again, what in the Seven Heavens are you twoтАФтАЭ

MidnightтАЩs Mask тАв 9
 Magadon stared into CaleтАЩs face and shook his head.
тАЬWe cannot go back to Skullport, Erevis. Not right now.
Riven is relying on us.тАЭ
тАЬRiven!тАЭ Jak exclaimed.
тАЬBecause of what we did, the cavern could be collaps-
ing,тАЭ Cale said. тАЬWeтАЩve only been gone moments. I am
going back, Mags. I can get her out.тАЭ
Magadon did not ask who Cale meant by her. Instead,
he shook his head and said, тАЬI understand what you
want to do, Erevis. But if it was going to collapse, then it
already has. SheтАЩs either alive or . . . not, and you wonтАЩt be
able to affect which it is. But wherever Riven is right now,
he will soon remember what happened, too. That makes
him vulnerable. The slaadi have displayed telepathy, and
we think they can read minds.тАЭ
Cale hesitated. Magadon must have seen it. The guide
added, тАЬHe trusted you when he agreed to do this. WeтАЩve
got to back him up. We can return to Skullport afterward.
IтАЩll go with you. Jak will go with you.тАЭ
тАЬI will?тАЭ Jak asked, confused. тАЬWait aтАФтАЭ
тАЬBut not right now,тАЭ Magadon said. тАЬRight now, we do