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

mistakes you made, but IтАЩve made some of my own. I think IтАЩm finally
beginning to understand you. So, no grudges. IтАЩll do whatтАЩs best for the
mission, not whatтАЩs best for Riya Trekov or your father. Or for you.тАЭ

I nod. тАЬYou havenтАЩt even asked about money.тАЭ

тАЬI know youтАЩll be fair,тАЭ he says. Then his smile grows. тАЬAnd IтАЩve always
wanted to see the Room. The most mysterious place in this sector. I say
letтАЩs go.тАЭ

****

Maybe thatтАЩs why such places catch and kill so many. Because they
capture the imagination. Certainly thatтАЩs why so many stories spring up
around them.

And so many myths.

With Karl at my side, I do even more work. We sort through the
repeated histories, and try to find the sources of various legends. We trace
the Room in the modern era as best we can, and we ghoulishly make a list
of all the souls known to have been lost in the place.

There are more than five hundredтАФand thatтАЩs just recorded losses.
Who knows how many others there were? No one has kept track of the
abandoned single ships found near the station, or people on a pilgrimage
all on their own.

In passing, I say to Karl that what weтАЩve learned isnтАЩt worth the time
weтАЩve spent. And he says what weтАЩve learned is that there are no odd
recorded stories, things that donтАЩt quite fit into the other stories.

Maybe thereтАЩs even a recognizable pattern. There certainly is to the
losses. What happened to my father and his crew is the same as what
happened to the very first ship that discovered the place, centuries ago.

тАЬThe same,тАЭ I say, тАЬexcept me coming out of that Room.тАЭ

тАЬExcept that,тАЭ Karl says.

****

In the end, we put together a team of ten, not counting me or Karl or
Riya or my father.

Karl will lead the mission once we arrive at the station. Until then, I am
in charge. IтАЩll be in charge again when we leave the station as well. ItтАЩs only
when weтАЩre dockedтАФwhen weтАЩre near the RoomтАФthat Karl will have
control.