"Mercedes Lackey - Heralds of Valdemar 3 - Arrow's Fall" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

doesn't save one who's regained his sanity. Lastly, what I did should satisfy
his stepdaughter, who is, after all, the one we really want to come out of
this thing with a whole soul."

"So where's the ethical problem?"

"That was a stress-situation, a threat-situation. ButтАФis it ethical toтАФsayтАФ
read people during Council sessions and act on my information?"

"UhтАФ" Kns was unable to think of an answer.

"You see?"

"Let's go at it from another angle. You know how to read people's faces and
bodiesтАФwe've all been taught that. Would you hesitate to use that knowledge in
Council?"

"Well, no." She rode silently for a few more moments. "I guess what will have
to be the deciding factor is not if I do it but how I use the information."

"That sounds reasonable to me."

"Maybe too reasonable," she replied doubtfully. "It's awfully easy to
rationalize what I want to doтАФwhat I have no choice about in some cases. It's
not like thought-sensing; I have to actively shield to keep people out. They
go around shoving their feelings up my nose on a regular basis, especially
when they're wrought up."

ARROWS FALL

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Kris shook his head. "All I can say is, do what seems best at the time.
Really, that's all any of us do."

.-Verily, oh, Wise One.:

Kris ignored his Companion's taunting comment. He was going to question her
further, but broke off when he caught the sound of a horse galloping full out,
heading up die road toward them, the hoofbeats having the peculiar ringing of
a Companion.

"ThatтАФ"

"Sounds like a Companion, yes. And in full gallop." he rose in his stirrups
for a better view. "Bright Lady, now what?"
Steed and rider came into sight as they topped the hill.

:That's CymryтАФ: Tantris' ears were pricked forward. .-She's slim. She must
have foaled already.: