" Perry Rhodan 1804 - Struggle To Survive" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

Nothing at all prevented her from awakening.

But there was something. Something that no doctor and no psychologist could explain. It was as much
a part of her mysterious origin as the inexplicable additional component in her DNA that had been
discovered almost by accident, and the fact that she had more than once spoken in an unknown language
when in a state of extreme excitement. That was all a long time ago.

Kallia had been silent for nearly 76 years, and had never moved. Her brainwaves showed a normal if
reduced range.

A living corpse. That was how Gobert Grifaan always thought of her.

And he could do nothing about it although he had all the resources of this world at his disposal for
curing even hopeless cases.



When Myles Kantor sadly took leave of his wife in order to go on the second Base expedition to the
Great Void, he had entrusted Kallia to his mother. Enza Mansoor was now long dead, having lost her life
in a laboratory accident in the year 1219 NGE. After the return of the Base to the Milky Way Galaxy,
the first thing Myles Kantor did was bury her urn in the small garden of his bungalow on Lake Goshun.
That Kallia still lived helped him endure the loss of his mother during the decades that followed.

But as for Kallia herself...

Grifaan stopped and stared at the display so he didn't have to look into the antigrav capsule.
Mediprobes hung over Kallia. They ensured the supply of nutrients and fluids and maintained her body in
the best possible condition. Kallia lacked nothing - except her consciousness.

As always, Kantor stepped up to the capsule. His hand slid slowly through the antigrav field that
surrounded his wife. His fingertips touched her forehead, her nose, her cheeks, and finally her mouth.

Gobert Grifaan closed his eyes. He didn't want to watch. He couldn't. His knees went weak and
trembled - as though it were his own wife and not Kantor's.

"My darling Kallia," Kantor whispered. "I'm here at your side. If you can feel it, that's enough. I know
you can't give me a sign."

He slowly pulled his hand back, then just as slowly walked around the capsule and to the Chief
Physician. "Thank you, Gobert. I'll see you later."

He went out, not even looking back. Grifaan had to make an effort to keep up with him. They
avoided eye contact in the lock, then Kantor went straight to the office and the matter transmitter. The
field was still up and the Syntron informed him that there was a good hyperconnection with Trokan and
the Paper Moon.

Kantor waved and stepped into the energy field. Seconds later, his body vanished and the field
dissolved.

Gobert Grifaan clutched the armrests of his chair. "I couldn't do it," he moaned. "Not after so long."