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

тАЬWill your clan disown you?тАЭ asked Kirtn.

тАЬNo,тАЭ answered fтАЩlTiri. тАЬNever.тАЭ

тАЬYou havenтАЩt broken any local laws?тАЭ pressed Rheba.

тАЬNo.тАЭ

тАЬThen why are you reluctant to go home?тАЭ

тАЬWe may be sent after the Stones again, and caught again, and sold to Loo again. Or
worse.тАЭ

Rheba tried not to groan aloud. The more she heard of Yhelle and Serriolia, the less she
liked it. She could, and should, just set down in Serriolia, sadly hut firmly say goodbye to
the illusionists, and then lift for deep space with all the power in theDevalonтАЩs drive.

But without fтАЩlTiriтАЩs masterful illusions, a fire dancer and a BreтАЩn would have died on
Loo or Daemon.

тАЬYou donтАЩt know what will happen to you?тАЭ said Kirtn, his voice divided between
statement and question.

тАЬNo, we donтАЩt.тАЭ

Kirtn sighed. тАЬThen weтАЩd better go find out.тАЭ



II

Rheba activated the privacy shield on her bunk, enclosing herself in darkness. She sat
cross-legged, eyes unfocused, her breathing slow and even. Light bloomed from her
hands, curling up from akhenet lines of power that were so dense her fingers seemed
solid gold. Within the pool of light, like a leaf floating on a sunset pond, lay her BreтАЩn
Face. She stared at it, letting her worry about the illusionistsтАЩ future slide away with each
breath.

The Face had been carved by Kirtn and given to his dancer when she was ten years old.
Each Senyas dancer had a BreтАЩn carving; no Face was the same. Normally Rheba wore
the carving as an earring, depending from the seven intricate fastenings that insured
against accidental loss. It was more than a decoration, and more than a pledge of KirtnтАЩs
Choice of her as an akhenet partner. The Face was also a teaching device. Dancers,
especially young ones, were supposed to meditate upon their individual Face every clay.
In time, the Face would teach them all they needed to know about the relationship
between Senyas and BreтАЩn.

Rheba, however, had not spent enough time in meditation. The fact that she had spent
most of her hours since DevaтАЩs burn-off in pursuit of bare survival did not excuse her. If