"Bud Sparhawk - Alba Krystal" - читать интересную книгу автора (Sparhawk Bud)

I couldn't believe it: Alba alive and whole again. Had we ever underestimated the rejuvenation unit's
ability. I felt like shouting, laughing, and crying all at once. Alba was ours again. I looked lovingly on her
glistening form.

Then the med kit was rushed in and Jack began to do mysterious things to her body with the probes until
-- there! -- a leg twitched, then an arm and finally the eyelids fluttered and opened. She was back with
us!

We all agreed that Jack should accompany Alba back to the Federation where she could contact her
family and regain her rightful control of her part of the fortune. She made one promise to each of us that
so far as her sector was concerned no Krystal trader would deal in weapons so long as she lived.

The second promise was made to the seven of us while Jack was making arrangements with the robot
captain of the freighter that had brought him for a return trip. He was obviously relishing having luscious
Alba all to himself on the long trip back. It was a situation that had him drooling in anticipation.

There were no worries there. The knowledge of the fantastic power at her disposal would be enough to
keep Jack from trying anything foolish, but there was another reason why we knew Jack's thirst would go
unslaked. It was for the same reason that Alba invited each of us to visit her when we finished our tour.

Doc's stopped dreaming of becoming a Hanzeloid and has determined that he will be reconstructed at a
lively four foot ten, just as the rest of us have.

After all, if you knew that the richest, most beautiful girl in the universe had a sexual preference for short
men would you want to be some strapping giant?

Someday we'll tell Jack about the arrangements we'd made. I hope he won't be too mad.

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