"Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 3 - Dancer's Illusion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Maxwell Ann)

тАЬYes, but they still should be happy,тАЭ whistled Rheba. тАЬTheyтАЩre goinghome .тАЭ

All of her longing for the home she had lost was in her BreтАЩn whistle. KirtnтАЩs arms
tightened around her. She had been so young; she had so few memories to comfort her.

And she was right. The illusionists did not look happy.

With a silent sigh, Kirtn pm her back on her own feet. He tried to imagine why anyone
would be reluctant to go back home after years of slavery. What he imagined did not
comfort him. At best, they might simply dislike their planet. At worst, they might have
been exited and therefore did not expect to be welcomed back.

He pushed through the disappointed people who were slowly leaving the control room.
Rheba followed, unobtrusively protected by two J/taals. On Loo, the mercenaries had
chosen her as their J/taaleri, the focus of their devotion. They continued to protect her
whenever she permitted itтАФand even when she did not.

тАЬCongratulations,тАЭ said Kirtn, smiling at the illusionists. тАЬThe ship is
computingreplacements from here to Yhelle. Are there any defenses we should know
about?тАЭ

FтАЩlTiri tried to smile: тАЬProbably not. No one has fought with Yhelle for thousands of
years. The last people who did conquered us. They retreated five years later, babbling.тАЭ
This time he managed a true smile. тАЬYhelle is hard on people who expect reality to be
what it seems to be.тАЭ

тАЬIs that what youтАЩre doing?тАЭ said Rheba. тАЬPracticing?тАЭ

IтАЩsNaraтАЩs confusion showed in her voice as well as her face. тАЬWhat do you mean? WeтАЩre
appearing as ourselves right now. No illusions.тАЭ

тАЬThen why arenтАЩt you happy?тАЭ Rheba asked bluntly. тАЬYouтАЩre going home.тАЭ

The two illusionists looked quickly at one another. At the same instant, both of them
appeared to glow with pleasure. Rheba made an impatient gesture. She had been with
them long enough to separate their illusions from their reality ... some of the time.

тАЬForget it,тАЭ she snapped. тАЬJust tell me whatтАЩs wrong.тАЭ

тАЬNothing,тАЭ they said in unison. тАЬWeтАЩre just overcome with surprise,тАЭ added iтАЩsNara.
тАЬWe never expected to go home so soon.тАЭ

Kirtn grunted. Their voices were as unhappy as their faces had been a few moments ago.
тАЬFssa, tell everyone to clear the control room and get ready forreplacement .тАЭ

The Fssireeme slid out of RhebaтАЩs hair into her hands. There he underwent a series of
astonishing transformations as he made the necessary apparatus to speak a multitude of
languages simultaneously. It was not difficult for the Fssireeme. The snakes had evolved
on a hot, gigantic planet as sonic mimics, then had been genetically modified during one