"Jack Vance - The Gray Prince" - читать интересную книгу автора (Vance Jack)

тАЬGerd Jemasze is coming with us; in fact we flew here in his Apex, and heтАЩll take us across to Galigong.тАЭ

Schaine made a sour face; she had never liked Gerd Jemasze, whom she considered surly.

A pair of columns marked the entrance to the Seascape. Schaine and Kelse rode a slideway down the
vestibule. Kelse arranged for the transfer of SchaineтАЩs luggage from the space port, then they sauntered
out upon the terrace close beside the Persimmon Sea and refreshed themselves with goblets of pale green
cloudberry juice, glinting with ice crystals. Schaine said: тАЬTell me whatтАЩs been happening at
Morningswake.тАЭ

тАЬOrdinary routine for the most part. We stocked Fairy Lake with a new mix of fish. I went prospecting
south of the Burrens and found an ancient kachemba.*тАЭ

тАЬDid you go in?тАЭ

Kelse shook his head. тАЬThose places give me cold chills. I told Kurgech about it; he said it was probably
Jirwantian.тАЭ


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тАЬJirwantian?тАЭ

тАЬThey occupied South Morningswake for five hundred years, before the Hunge annihilated them. Then
the Aos drove out the Hunge.тАЭ

тАЬHow are all the Aos? Is Zamina still matriarch?тАЭ

тАЬYes, sheтАЩs still alive. Last week they shifted camp into Dead Rat Gulch. Kurgech dropped by the manor
and I told him you were coming home. He said youтАЩd get in less trouble on Tanquil.тАЭ

тАЬWretched old creature! What did he mean by that?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt believe he meant anything. He was merely тАШtasting the futureтАЩ.тАЭ

Schaine sipped the fruit juice and looked out over the sea. тАЬKurgech is a mountebank. He canтАЩt foresee or
draw fates or cold-eye or transmit thoughts any better than I can.тАЭ

тАЬNot true. Kurgech has some amazing skillsтАжAo or not, heтАЩs FatherтАЩs closest friend.тАЭ

Schaine snorted. тАЬFather is too much of a tyrant to be good friends with anyoneтАФmost especially an Ao.тАЭ

Kelse gave his head a sad shake. тАЬYou just donтАЩt understand him. You never have.тАЭ

тАЬI understand him as well as you do.тАЭ

тАЬThat may well be true. HeтАЩs a hard man to know. Kurgech provides him exactly the right kind of