"Robert Reed - Like Need Deserve" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reed Robert)

A pause. Then, "What realm do you want?"

"There's work being done right now. Today. In laboratories, inside advanced minds. Specialists are trying to tease a wormhole out of Planck space, and then enlarge itтАФ"

"A universe. You want to build one."

"We don't care who actually builds it. We want to own it. Possess it. Hold the bastard in our hands and do with it as we wish."

"But the resources requiredтАФ"

"Not a problem."

"Yes there is a problem. I don't have the money or intellect to do this kind of work, and I doubt if all of you, even with your substantial resources, can bridge the gap necessary to make this venture even remotely possible."

"Don't sell us short."

A long pause. "Oh. But you don't really want me to build a universe for you. What you wantтАФ"

"Yes."

"Why build the impossible, particularly when others are doing the difficult work for you?"

"Exactly."

"You want my help to commit this theft. Is that it?"

"Naturally."

"But how can I help?"

"One of our womb-mates works for the main laboratory. He's one of the few holdouts among your children, and he happens to hold a critical job in the resident security system."

"I'm supposed to approach him."

"You can reason with him, or trick him. You created him, so we'll trust your judgment about what's best."

"I could distract him, perhaps. And you can steal the newborn universe."

"The greatest theft imaginable."

"Almost."

"'Almost'? What does that mean?"

"You're right. Of course you're right. Honestly, I don't know what I was implying just then."




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