"Silistra - 02 - The Golden Sword" - читать интересную книгу автора (Morris Janet E)

cahndor and the Day-Keeper more than they wanted to see. It was a board of
crisis and polarнization, of struggle and death. It had fallen so upon only the
second throw.
Hael pointed to the top level.
УOn the board of catalysts, the spear and shield, upon the red, are what is
needed. The dayglass, upon the black, represents the will that controls. Thus we
have what is preordained by the demands of time. Into this is drawn the woman,
upon the gold, the place of the prime mover, through which С the dayglass works.
What think you, Chayin?Ф
УBesha,Ф cahndor said. The jiask shifted his position. His brow was furrowed.
УPerhaps,Ф said Hael. УBut I think not. Upon the mid-board, of movement and
manifestation, we have a threx on the gray of death, and one upon triumphТs
purple and lossТs yellow. We see a woman, near the dying threx, within the swirl
square ofТ change. And the man, almost atop the threx that abides in both
triumph and loss. Cornнing to challenge these we have the ebvrasea, oppoнsite
the man, and upon the square of overriding purpose. Thus, the ebvrasea will use
the threx and man to its ends. And lastly, the sword, upon the threx in the
death square, its blade pointing to the woman within the square of change.
Remember, as you consider this board, whose symbol the ebvrasea has become, and
what rumors about its flight we have just recently heard. I think, as it falls,
that Besha lies here. С He pointed to the woman in the swirl.
Chayin nodded, leaning forward, his eyes narнrowed, his chin resting upon his
fist.
УAnd last, the board of outcome,Ф Hael continued. УThe Well in the white of what
may be gained, with the fire upon its home, what is needed, and the spear upon
the square of the heart. Into this come two men and one woman. One man takes up
the spear with the power of the fire at his command, and opposes the man and
woman who stand beнfore the Well. The woman stands in hate, and the man in love.
I think we have thrown for Frullo jer, and gotten a glimpse of something else,
of which the races at Frullo jer are only a small part. Only in the mid-board
are the pieces concerned with our question.Ф He looked up from the board, at
Chayin.
УIf the ebvrasea seeks your aid, will you give it?Ф
I wondered who the ebvrasea represented to them. I knew of no Well or city, town
or tribe, who used that great soaring mountain carnivore as a symbol.
Chayin met HaelТs eyes.
УWould you, brother, were our positions reversed?Ф The jiask, silent, watching,
had his hand upon his sword hilt.
УI think I would. The board demands it. The time demands it. And yet, much blood
would flow, if such a thing were done, for reasons that are none of our affairs.
Or were not, until this day. If one made this moveФЧhe reached to the top board
and plucked the woman from it, and placed it atop the ebvrasea upon the
secondЧУone could perнhaps avoid the entire sequence. With the prime mover
surrendered to the square of overriding purpose, one might avoid what follows.
It would have to be done before this occurs.Ф He pointed to the threx within the
square of death.
Chayin regarded the changed board. He reached out and removed all the pieces
with the exception of the ebvrasea and the woman Hael had placed beside it in
the green square. He tossed the bone pieces in his closed fist.
УCould you not be wrong, could that woman not be Besha also, and the ebvrasea