"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The Room of Lost Souls" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

тАЬBut you canтАЩt find anyone stupid enough to test it,тАЭ I say.

She lets out a small laugh. тАЬIs that what you think? You think I need a
test subject?тАЭ

I take a sip of my coffee. ItтАЩs slightly bitter, like all coffee on Longbow
Station. Somehow the beans grown here lack the richness IтАЩve found on
other stations.

тАЬThe way out has been tested. Going in and returning is no longer an
issue. What I need is someone with enough acumen to bring out my
father.тАЭ

Something in her tone reaches me. ItтАЩs a hint of frustration, a bit of
anger.

Her people have failed her. Which is why sheтАЩs coming to me.

тАЬYouтАЩve done this before,тАЭ I say.

She nods. тАЬSix times. Everyone survived. Everyone is healthy. There
are no residual problems.тАЭ

тАЬExcept they canтАЩt find your father.тАЭ

тАЬOh,тАЭ she says. тАЬThey have found him. They just canтАЩt recover him.тАЭ

Now I am intrigued. тАЬWhy not?тАЭ

тАЬBecause,тАЭ she says, тАЬthey canтАЩt convince him to leave.тАЭ

****

I take a bite of the berries and cream. I need a few moments to think
about this. I still feel as if sheтАЩs conning me, but IтАЩm not sure how. Or why
she would do so.

тАЬWhy did he leave?тАЭ I ask.

She blinks at me in surprise. She clearly didnтАЩt expect curiosity from
me.

тАЬLeave?тАЭ

тАЬYou said he didnтАЩt show up for the treaty signings. That he essentially
missed the end of the war. Why?тАЭ

She frowns just enough so that I realize sheтАЩs never considered this
question. SheтАЩs been looking at her father as someoneтАФsomethingтАФshe