"Patricia A. McKillip - Fools Run" - читать интересную книгу автора (McKillip Patricia A)

тАЬVoice code six: тАШI must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky.тАЩ Jailbird,
coming home to roost. One prisoner.тАЭ

тАЬStatus.тАЭ

тАЬExtremely dangerous. Request double guard at the dock. Request entry code.тАЭ

тАЬChallenge.тАЭ

тАЬ тАШTo drift in a world of dreamers, to see no sun.тАЩ тАЭ

тАЬChallenge.тАЭ

тАЬ4.057 x 10 13 .тАЭ

тАЬChallenge.тАЭ

тАЬBetty Grable. Jailbird, WGC909Z, request permission to enter.тАЭ

тАЬEntry code C. Channel three. Jailbird. Permission to enter the Underworld.тАЭ

A gigantic circle slowly turning against the stars, two rings twisting around each another,
one light, one dark. Minute lights flashed from a section of the light ring; the cruiser Jailbird
turned toward them. The prisoner stared at the floor. A crystal filament was looped loosely
around her wrists. If she moved too abruptly, she would cut off her hands. From the polished
grey wasteland grew four boots. If she lifted her eyes from them, she would see laser-rifles. A
star exploded in some galaxy in the dark at the back of her mind. Light dazzled across her
brain. She made some sound; a rifle shifted. She raised her head slowly, slowly in the wild
light.

The static again. A different voice. тАШJailbird. This is Records. Name of prisoner?тАЭ

тАЬTerra Viridian.тАЭ

The com whistled. тАЬYouтАЩve got her.тАЭ

тАЬAffirmative.тАЭ

тАЬLegal status.тАЭ

тАЬHer status-sheet is a mile long, can I giveтАФтАЭ

тАЬGive us a printout when you dock. Jailbird. Is she sane?тАЭ

тАЬLegally.тАЭ
 тАЬOff-record.тАЭ

A breath of silence. тАЬYou ask her. Look into her eyes and ask her. Records. Shifting to entry
channel.тАЭ