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

I want to cross my arms and glare at him. But I donтАЩt. I put him in
charge for a reason. IтАЩm going to hear him out.

тАЬSo what are the other problems?тАЭ I ask.

He takes a deep breath. тАЬYour father, for one.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt like him,тАЭ I say. тАЬWe have history. So what?тАЭ

тАЬYou have a shared history. And it has to do with the loss of your
mother.тАЭ Karl folds his hands across his knee, then unfolds them. HeтАЩs
clearly nervous.

тАЬWe discussed this,тАЭ I say. тАЬThatтАЩs why youтАЩre in charge.тАЭ

тАЬI know,тАЭ he says. тАЬBut that loss is significant. It caused the rift
between you two and it changed both of your lives. IтАЩve heard your story
about the Room and you were entranced by that place.тАЭ

тАЬI was happy to get out,тАЭ I say, repeating what my father told me.

тАЬBut you went in willingly. What if the Room causes some kind of
hypnosis? What if youтАЩre still susceptible to it? ItтАЩs irresponsible to send
you in on the first dive.тАЭ

IтАЩm about to protest when I register the word тАЬfirst.тАЭ

тАЬYou think there will be more than one dive?тАЭ I ask.

тАЬThere has to be,тАЭ he says. тАЬWe do it by the book. We map and
observe and then we discuss. If weтАЩre going to remove something from the
Room, we do so on the final dive.тАЭ

тАЬSo you want to do at least four dives,тАЭ I say.

He nods. тАЬThe problem is that we only have one device, so only one
of us can go in at a time. YouтАЩll be looking for your mother. You know you
willтАФтАЭ

IтАЩm shaking my head, but deep down, I know heтАЩs right. Of course, IтАЩll
be looking for her. And for Commander Trekov, and the others trapped in
that place.

тАЬтАФand you wonтАЩt be focused on the small but necessary details. I will.
IтАЩve made a point of not looking at your motherтАЩs image or Commander
TrekovтАЩs. Even if I see them, I wonтАЩt recognize them. TheyтАЩll be part of the
entire package. I wonтАЩt be tempted to move too quickly.тАЭ

I swallow hard. тАЬWhy not send someone else in? ItтАЩs a risky mission.