"Elizabeth Moon - Planet Pirates 02 - Generation Warriors" - читать интересную книгу автора (Moon Elizabeth)"YouTl discuss it with him?" By Sassinak's tone, she wasn't entirely happy with that.
Lunzie sighed internally. "Not everything, no. But my going to Diplo, certainly. There are certain special skills which can make it easier on a lightweight." "Just be sure a Master passes you. This is too important to risk on an emotional storm, and with the trouble you've had ..." "I can handle it." Lunzie let her voice convey the Discipline behind it, and Sassinak subsided. Not really Impressed, Lunzie noticed, as most people would be, but convinced for the time being. "That's Diplo, then," Sassinak gave a final minute shrug, and went on to the other problems. "You're going off. And you don't know how long that will take, either, do you? I thought not. You're going off for a refresher course and a visit to Diplo, and that leaves us with digging to be done among the suspect commercial combines, the Seti, and the inner workings of EEC, Fleet, and the Council. It would be handy if we had our own private counterintelligence network, but..." Lunzie interrupted, feeling smug. "You know Admiral Coromell, don't know?" Sassinak's jaw did not drop because she would not let it, but Lunzie could tell she was surprised. "Do you know Admiral Coromell?" "Quite well, yes." Lunzie watched Sassinak struggle with the obvious implications, and decide not to ask. Or perhaps the implications weren't obvious to her. By now Coromell would be as old as his father had been; GENERATION WARRIORS 5 Sassinak would have known him as an old man. Lunzie fought off yet another pang of sorrow, and concentrated on the present moment. "Coromell actually recruited me, temporarily, back before the Ambrosia thing." "Recruited you!" Was that approval or resentment? Lunzie did not ask, but gave as brief a synopsis as |
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