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

тАЬBut if I do, youтАЩll just keep asking me. So I came to hear what you have to
say and to tell you no in person.тАЭ

I understand why heтАЩs angry at me. I also understand if he never
works with me again. When I hired him to go to the Dignity Vessel, I didnтАЩt
tell him what we were diving, even though I knew.

I didnтАЩt tell any of my team. I didnтАЩt want them to bring preconceptions
to the dive.

That was just the first mistake I made on that tripтАФif I had spoken up,
we might not have gone in, and we wouldnтАЩt have lost two divers.

Karl swore heтАЩd give up diving after that, but he didnтАЩt. ItтАЩs a hard
profession to renounce. There isnтАЩt much left in this sector that allows the
kind of freedom, risk, and adventure real wreck diving does.

тАЬJust hear me out,тАЭ I say to him.

This time, I tell him everything. I tell him about my past, about my
father, about Riya Trekov and her father. I tell him about the Room and its
dangers. I tell him about the pilgrimages and the quasi-religious symbolism
others have found in the place.

Then I tell him what I remember of the Room itself.

ThatтАЩs when he finally moves. Just a little, but enough so that I know
IтАЩve hooked him somehow.

And IтАЩm not quite sure how.

тАЬIf what you say is true,тАЭ he says, тАЬthis is the second wreck you want
to bring me to thatтАЩs out of time.тАЭ
 My breath catches. I knew that the station and the Room donтАЩt belong.
I havenтАЩt allowed myself to make the mental comparison to the Dignity
Vessel.

тАЬYou think itтАЩs related to the Dignity Vessel?тАЭ he asks.

тАЬI donтАЩt know,тАЭ I say. тАЬThereтАЩs always a chance. But I worry about
preconceptions.тАЭ

тАЬYeah,тАЭ he says dryly. тАЬI remember that about you.тАЭ

The words sting.

тАЬI might be wrong,тАЭ I say. тАЬPreconceptions might be necessary. I
donтАЩt know. I just know IтАЩm going to do this job as if itтАЩs a dive, and I want
the best team possible.тАЭ