"S. L. Viehl - Now or Never" - читать интересную книгу автора (Viehl S. L)

be safe. Some of the new ones thought nothing of raping a female, and he

was a lot bigger than me. тАЬYou speak stanTerran?тАЭ
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His spooky eyes studied me, from my bare soles to the little dip in

the middle of my nose. тАЬTe-her-hran?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs right.тАЭ I spat on the floor of the crawl in emphasis. тАЬTerran.тАЭ

He looked up at the crawl roof and muttered something under his

breath. Something that sounded mean.

тАЬIтАЩm thrilled to meet you, too.тАЭ I scooted back down into my mound

of dead grass and pointed to the one Gfrra had occupied until yesterday,

when heтАЩd taken one blow too many on the sands. I didnтАЩt thinking IтАЩd miss

his snoring, but I did. тАЬThat pile is yours.тАЭ

Big Blue started pacing the length of the crawl, studying every crack

in the stones. I curled up and tried to ignore him, but after an hour I

sighed. He was heavy, and his footsteps pounded the stone. HeтАЩd be at it

all night if I didnтАЩt do something. I got up and got in his way.

He stopped and looked down at me. тАЬJuniaтАЩarral tobereno?тАЭ

тАЬTime for bed.тАЭ I pointed to his mound, then closed my eyes and

tilted my head for a second. тАЬSleep.тАЭ

He made another quick gesture тАУ sort of like the universal gesture

for screw you тАУ and went around me. I turned and smacked the base of

his skull with my rock. He hit the dirt in stages тАУ knees, hands, face тАУ and

didnтАЩt move again.
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I checked for a pulse тАУ if IтАЩd killed him, the guards would be pissed,

so IтАЩd have to make it look like heтАЩd done himself тАУ but he was still alive.