"David Marusek - Getting to Know You" - читать интересную книгу автора (Marusek David)

тАЬSub40?тАЭ she said.

Passengers consulted the cornice display and groaned. The jerry
said, тАЬAt this rate itтАЩll take me an hour to get home.тАЭ

тАЬAgain I apologize,тАЭ said Zoranna, тАЬbut all the down lifts were spango.
However, if everyone here consensed to drop me off firstтАФ?тАЭ

There was a general muttering as passengers spoke to their belts or
tapped virtual keyboards, and the elevator said, тАЬConsensus has been
modified.тАЭ But instead of de-scending as Zoranna expected, it stopped at
the next floor and opened its doors. People streamed out. Zoranna caught
a glimpse of 223rd floor with its rich appoint-ments; crystalline decor; high,
arched passages; and in the distance, a ringpath crowded with joggers and
skaters. An evangeline, her brown puddle-like eyes reflecting warmth and
concern, touched ZorannaтАЩs arm as she disembarked.

The jerry, however, stayed on and held back his com-panions, two
russes. тАЬDonтАЩt give her the satisfaction,тАЭ he said.

тАЬBut weтАЩll miss the game,тАЭ said one of the russes.

тАЬWeтАЩll watch it in here if we have to,тАЭ said the jerry.

Zoranna liked russes. Unlike jerries, they were gener-ous souls, and
you always knew where you stood with them. These two wore brown jackets
and teal slacks. Their name badges read тАЬFRED,тАЭ and тАЬOSCAR.тАЭ They
were probably returning from a day spent bodyguarding some minor
potentate in Cincinnati or Terre Haute. Consulting each other with a glance,
they each took an arm and dragged the jerry off the lift.

When the doors closed and Zoranna was alone at last, she sagged
with relief. тАЬAnd now, Bug,тАЭ she said, тАЬwe have a consensus of one. So
retract my handicap file and pay whatever toll necessary to take us down
nonstop.тАЭ The brake released, and the elevator plunged some 260 floors.
Her ears popped. тАЬI guess youтАЩve learned some-thing, Bug,тАЭ she said,
thinking about the types of eleva-tors.

тАЬAffirmative,тАЭ Bug said. тАЬBug learned you developed a cerebral
aneurysm at the calendar age of fifty-two and that youтАЩve had your brain and
spinal cord rejuvenated twice since then. Bug learned that your organs have
an average bioage of thirty-five years, with your lymphatic system the oldest
at bioage sixty-five, and your cardio-vascular system the youngest at
twenty-five.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩve been examining my medical records?тАЭ

тАЬAffirmative.тАЭ

тАЬI told you to fetch one file, not my entire chart!тАЭ