"Jean Lorrah - Savage Empire 05 - Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lorrah Jean)

"I'm so glad you're here," she told him. "I heard what happened yesterday."

"Let's not talk about that," said Torio. "How are you? How are your healing techniques progressing?"

"Steadily. Torio, I don't understand why you can't learn Adept powers. If those attackers had succeeded
in killing Wulfston yesterday, you'd have been helpless." She shuddered.

"I haven't forgotten how to use a sword," he reminded her.

"Against people who can stop your heart at a distance?"

"I know. But if you had felt those people burning to death as I didтАж perhaps you wouldn't be so eager
to increase your Adept powers."

She nodded against his shoulder. "The Lords Adept have traditionally used their powers for
destructionтАФeven someone as thoughtful as Wulfston does it instinctively when his life is threatened. But
when those powers are turned to healingтАж Torio, do you remember Zanos?"

"You, too? Decius was just chattering about him. What's going on?"

"Zanos and his wife Astra came with Lilith, and we had a long talk last night. You know, Lilith has set
apart some of her lands for Zanos and Astra to ruleтАФthey each have both Reading and Adept powers.
But Zanos isn't ready to settle down here in the Savage Empire until he goes back to his homeland, which
he hasn't seen in over twenty years."

"The home of the Master Sorcerers?" Torio asked.

"Yes!" Melissa said eagerly. "Madura. It's a group of large islands, far in the northern sea. Zanos wants
to see if his village is still there, and if any of his kinfolk are still living."

"So why shouldn't he go and see if he wants to? Melissa, we're not trying to hold people who don't want
to stay here, are we?"

"NoтАФof course Zanos and Astra are free to go. But it will be a long journey. They're looking for people
who might want to join their expedition. There could be dangers, so they want as many Adepts and
Readers as possible."

"And you want to go," Torio said flatly, firmly quelling the urge to Read her.

He felt Melissa lift her head, and knew she was looking at him. "Yes," she said. "I want to go. Torio, they
have healing techniques far beyond anything we know. Here, a baby born blind can be healed, but
nothing can be done for someone your age. In MaduraтАФ"

"тАФthey can fly, too," he interrupted her.

"Torio, this is serious! Yes, it's hard to filter out the truth from the garbled storiesтАФbut we are just
floundering here, using trial and error to learn how Readers and Adepts can best join their powers. In
Madura they already know! So why should it be surprising that they can do things we can't?"

"At least you're a little more logical than Decius," he told her. "But Melissa, you still have so much to