"Doris Piserchia - Star Rider" - читать интересную книгу автора (Piserchia Doris)

across that stone fancy enough to give me scrambled internals, then stuck
himself up on his hind legs and gave a bloodcurdling shriek.
тАЬHot damn, this is it,тАЭ he said, and licked his chops.
Flat on his back, I lay flat on my back, seeing stars, different bunches
with each eye. That day I had crazy vision.
Thought I, if he takes off into D-2 now, IтАЩve had it, because I couldnтАЩt
hang on to a feather, let alone him.
 тАЬHinx donтАЩt do it,тАЭ I croaked. тАЬWe been together. . . .тАЭ I couldnтАЩt finish, I
was that pooped. The stars over my head, long might they prosper, but I
wished they wouldnтАЩt swarm all over the sky that way.
тАЬAhooeee. Hot damn.тАЭ
My breath was back, so I sat up and took hold of his tail. Weaving in the
saddle like a drunkard, I mumbled, тАЬGo ahead, letтАЩs go.тАЭ
тАЬWhere?тАЭ
I grabbed his tail tight It wouldnтАЩt do me any good, though. When he
jumped, I was going to go flying.
тАЬGotta think it out,тАЭ he said. тАЬIt jinks so good I canтАЩt stand it.тАЭ
Fumbling behind me with one hand, I got hold of the long hair on his
neck. тАЬYouтАЩre fixed?тАЭ I said. тАЬNot going? YouтАЩre sure?тАЭ
тАЬSure.тАЭ
тАЬOkay, then, damn you, weтАЩre gonna square off right now and have a
tussle. You almost lost me.тАЭ
He didnтАЩt sneer but he sounded as if he wanted to. тАЬCouldnтАЩt lose glue,
could I?тАЭ
тАЬAll I had was a couple of hairs to hold.тАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩs enough if theyтАЩre mine. Jinked you all the way. Ready to go
either direction to stay under you. WeтАЩre together in this.тАЭ
тАЬAll the way, but IтАЩm boss.тАЭ
тАЬLetтАЩs argue about that.тАЭ
тАЬDonтАЩt intend to argue,тАЭ I said. тАЬYou know IтАЩm the boss.тАЭ
тАЬFine, be the boss. IтАЩm just sitting here. Give me an order.тАЭ
Of all the stubborn . . . тАЬI got no orders to give you Tight now. You told
me you jinked something. Well, jink it out of your system.тАЭ
тАЬYou donтАЩt fool me. YouтАЩre curious.тАЭ
тАЬOf course IтАЩm curious.тАЭ
He forgot what he had been about to say. тАЬHot damn,тАЭ he whispered
eagerly. He sniffed. He pranced. тАЬSomething something, but what is it?
The old blood sings and I just naturally have to poke my nose in the air
and go. . . . Ahooeee.тАЭ
I got off him and walked on that asteroid. Put my hands on my hips.
Looked around. Nothing there.
 Jinked another asteroid way off. Nothing there. Overhead the stars were
white freckles on a dark kisser, an ugly face unless you were a jak.
тАЬIтАЩm gonna jink me that star over there,тАЭ I said.
тАЬAhooeee . . .тАЭ
Jinked that star. Piddling little old thing. Jinked those planets. Eight
poor dead hulks. Knew тАЩem by name, knew тАЩem down to their sterile atoms.
Again I felt that star, Old as hell, Of course, everything was old, except
for living creatures. We jaks hadnтАЩt been around too long. Think it was
only millions of years ago that we started.