"04.Bloodlines" - читать интересную книгу автора (McGough Scott)

the awkward pause that followed Urza's lack of response.
To Barrin, Karn still sounded a bit despondent. Ever since
Jhoira's decision to leave Tolaria, the golem had been unable
to hide his melancholy. Jhoira had been the golem's best
friend for several decades, and even though the silver man
claimed to understand why she left, time did not heal his
wounds.
"Did you enjoy Angelwood?" he asked.
Barrin smiled, as much for Karn's courtesy as for the fond
memories of the last few weeks. "Very much, Karn. Thank you."
"Good," Urza said brusquely, "because we have some hard
work ahead of us, important work." He waved Karn off. "I will
need several new desks, Karn, and a large worktable."
The silver golem nodded perfunctorily to Urza, offered
Barrin a grim smile, and then trudged off to fulfill Urza's
request.
"So important that it could not wait for tomorrow?" asked
Barrin, now resigning himself to a long evening.
"We have delayed too long already." Urza glanced toward
the classroom's main sketchboard, covered with a script Barrin
recognized as a meld of ancient Thran and the modern Argivian
used as the Academy standard. "I've proceeded as far as I am
able alone. Completing the Legacy will require the facilities
of the entire academy if we are to have our defenses readied
against the Phyrexian invasion."
Urza paused, nodded as if agreeing with himself, and then
turned away from Barrin and the conversation. He picked up a
large roll of plans and moved to the wall, unrolling and
pinning them up against a fresh sponge-wood board. They
described an apparatus of titanic size and complexity.
"I will annex this room until the new labs are built." He
studied the plans with a critical eye. "I wish I could find
Serra and ask her some more questions."
Thrown off by the abrupt changes of topic, Barrin stared
at the planeswalker for a moment, then just shook his head.
"New labs?" he asked. "Urza, why should we-"
The planeswalker interrupted without turning. "The
existing ones are fine and will certainly be utilized, but
cannot accommodate the needs of the Lens and Matrix."
So much for clarification.
"Urza?" Barrin began but was again cut off.
"I know that the auxiliary lenses will capture ambient
mana." Urza traced a long finger over one area of the plans he
studied. "Filters, perhaps? To separate the mana before
focusing?"
"Urza."
"Filters, yes certainly. She must have used them. Even
Serra's Realm was not purely white mana. She mentioned that
total purity was not possible. The question is can the Matrix
focus one source of mana in alteration of the more basic-"