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

тАЬYou realize the chances of someone dying on this trip are very high,тАЭ
he says.

тАЬYes.тАЭ I swallow. That someone will probably be me.

He sighs. HeтАЩs clearly thinking about the offer. We havenтАЩt talked
money yet. I doubt money will mean much to him.

тАЬWhat do you get out of this?тАЭ he asks. тАЬReconciliation with your
father?тАЭ

I shake my head. тАЬI want nothing from him.тАЭ

тАЬYet you bring him along. That could compromise us right there.тАЭ

I like the word тАЬus.тАЭ I didnтАЩt expect it. But I donтАЩt show him that IтАЩve
noticed.

тАЬI know it could,тАЭ I say. тАЬIтАЩll need help minimizing contact with him.тАЭ

тАЬAnd your mother.тАЭ He shakes his head. тАЬThis is fraught with emotion.
You taught me that dives should have no emotion.тАЭ

And yet our last dive was filled with it. We were trying to recover a
body, and we couldnтАЩt. It devastated us both.
 тАЬI know,тАЭ I say.

тАЬIf I go,тАЭ he says, тАЬI run the mission.тАЭ

My entire body freezes. тАЬHow can it be my mission if you run it?тАЭ

тАЬThe dives,тАЭ he says. тАЬAnything to do with the Room. If I say we pull
out, we pull out. If I say we leave someone behind, we leave them.тАЭ

I bite my lower lip. IтАЩm barely breathing.

тАЬCтАЩmon, Boss,тАЭ he says, using my old diversтАЩ nickname. тАЬYou know
thatтАЩs why youтАЩre asking me to go. IтАЩm the only one qualified, and the only
one youтАЩll listen to. You know that when I say we have to leave, IтАЩll be right.тАЭ

I let out the breath I was holding. Part of me has relaxed. He is right.
ThatтАЩs why I chose to approach him. Because of our history. Because I
know heтАЩs more cautious than I am, and because he has nothing at stake.

Except proving to me that I can be wrong.

тАЬNo grudges?тАЭ I ask.

He smiles for the first time. ItтАЩs a sad smile. тАЬIтАЩve lost two divers in the
years since the Dignity Vessel. I donтАЩt know if I would have made the