"Myst - 02 - The Book Of Ti'ana" - читать интересную книгу автора (Miller Rand)"Oh, I claim to know very little, Aitrus. At least, by comparison with Master
Telanis. And while we are talking of the good Guild Master, he was asking for you not long back. I promised him I would feed you, then send you to his cabin." Aitrus, who had just lifted the roll to his mouth again, paused. "Master Telanis wants me?" Jerahl gestured toward the roll. "Once you've been fed. Now finish that or I shall feel insulted." "Whatever you say. Master!" And, grinning, Aitrus bit deep into the roll. * * * Aitrus stopped before the Guild Master's cabin and, taking a moment to prepare himself, reached out and rapped upon the door. The voice from inside was calm and assured. "Come in!" He slid back the heavy bolt and stepped inside, closing the door behind him. That much was habit. Every door in the craft was a barrier against fire or unwelcome gases. Turning, he saw that Master Telanis was at his desk looking at the latest survey chart. Facing him across the table was Master Geran. Also there were the four Observers who had joined them three days back. Aitrus took a step toward them and bowed. "You sent for me, Guild Master?" "I did. But if you would wait a moment, Aitrus, I must first deal with the news Master Geran has brought us." Aitrus lowered his head, conscious that the Legislator- the big man, Kedri-was watching him closely. "So, Geran," Telanis went on, indicating the bright red line that ran across the chart in front of him, "you recommend that we circumvent this area?" The blind man nodded. "The fault itself is narrow, admittedly, but the surrounding rock is of low density and likely to collapse. We could cut through it, of course, and shore up on either side, but I'd say there is more to come the other side of that." "You know that?" Kedri asked, interrupting the two. Geran turned his blank, unseeing eyes upon the Legislator and smiled. "I do not know it. Master Kedri, but my instinct is that this is the mere root of a much larger igneous intrusion. Part of a volcanic system. Imagine the roots of a tree. So such things are. As excavators, we try hard to avoid such instabilities. We look for hard, intact rock. Rock we have no need to support." |
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