"Katherine Kerr - Deverry 06 - A Time Of Omens" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kerr Katherine)

тАЬShall I see marvels like this once IтАЩve been born, Dalla?тАЭ

тАЬWell, yes,тАЭ Dallandra hesitated, caught between truth and sadness. тАЬBut you know, they probably
wonтАЩt seem so marvelous, YouтАЩll take them for granted, then, like we all do.тАЭ

One last image of Jill pointed their way to a caravanserai out on the edge of town. Among a scatter of
palm trees horses and mules drowsed at tether, and human beings wandered back and forth. Fires
bloomed here and there, but far off to one side a silver-blue pillar of water force, glowing like a beacon
to guide them down, rose from a fountain. Beside it, sitting with her feet tucked under her on a little
beach, was Jill. To Dallandra it seemed that they walked up to her in the usual manner, but judging from
the way Jill yelped in surprise, she must have seen them appear all at once.

тАЬJill, IтАЩve brought Elessario. SheтАЩs the one whoтАЩll lead her people into our world.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre very brave, then, Elessario.тАЭ Jill got up to greet them. тАЬI salute you.тАЭ

The child stared back, all solemn eyes and sudden shyness.

тАЬDoes she truly understand what all this means, Dalla?тАЭ Jill went on.

тАЬI hope so.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩd best make sure of it. To put this burden on someone without them truly knowing what theyтАЩre
doing isтАФтАЭ

тАЬBut, Jill, if they donтАЩt come through, her people will die. Fade away. Vanish. And until one makes the
journey, none will.тАЭ

тАЬBut still, she needs to know whatтАФтАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll do my best to tell her. To make her understand.тАЭ

тАЬGood.тАЭ

For a moment they considered each other. Although Dallandra could only wonder what she might look
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like to Jill, to her the human dweomerwoman seemed made of colored glass, glowing and shimmering as
they peered at each other across a gulf of worlds. Such niceties as facial expressions and nuances of
voice simply refused to come clear, yet Dallandra could feel JillтАЩs urgency as a barb in an old wound of
guilt. As she turned inward to her own thoughts, she began to lose the vision entirely: JillтАЩs image
flattened, then dwindled as if it were rapidly flying away.

тАЬJill!тАЭ she called out. тАЬThe islands! Evandar will look for them!тАЭ

She had no way of knowing if Jill had heard her. All round them in a rushy vortex the worlds spun by,