"Ray Vukcevich - Fired" - читать интересную книгу автора (Vukcevich Ray)

тАЬSpacesuits?тАЭ

тАЬLater.тАЭ He opened the door and stepped back to let her enter first.

тАЬNo, now,тАЭ she said. тАЬWhich one is yours?тАЭ

He came in behind her and closed the door, but instead of seeing the forward display area, he saw that
they were in staging area 4, where he came at the start of every shift to check the schedule and see if he
was slotted for outside tasks. He had meant to come by here near the end of the tour, but what had
happened to all the parts in between? That vague scene of chaos on the bridge surely couldnтАЩt have really
happened. He had not had that much to drink. In fact, he had had only the one drink before Pam the fire
woman talked him into going off against all regulations to see his spacesuit.

Oh, yeah, the regulations. It was like he was just now remembering that the whole idea of a private tour
was so against the rules he wouldnтАЩt ordinarily even consider it. It was one thing to sneak a passenger
into your quarters, it was like they expected that, you were only human, but you didnтАЩt take them where
they might screw something up or get hurt and sue the company. The arguments she had used were no
longer in his head, but he could remember that they had been very persuasive, and now they were where
she wanted to be.

тАЬPut it on,тАЭ she said.

тАЬWhat?тАЭ

тАЬYour spacesuit,тАЭ she said.

тАЬActually, weтАЩre not even supposed to be here,тАЭ he said. тАЬI canтАЩt put on my spacesuit without filing the
forms.тАЭ

тАЬHere,тАЭ she said. тАЬThis must be your hat.тАЭ

тАЬHelmet,тАЭ he said and took it from her. He didnтАЩt remember getting into his spacesuit, but if he were
going outside, heтАЩd definitely need his helmet.

She put her hands on his shoulders and leaned in close. He could feel her flames licking around his ears.
Then she flowed into his suit like a big burning blue snake slipping into the neck hole or maybe like blue
fire water flowing over his shoulders and around his body and down to his toes and up his legs and
thighs-little sting-slap burning bites all over.

тАЬPut it on,тАЭ she said. Her voice seemed to come from everywhere at once.

тАЬWhat?тАЭ

тАЬYour hat.тАЭ

He raised the helmet and put it on and set the seals.

тАЬReady?тАЭ she asked.

And then it was like when they say, тАЬOkay IтАЩm going to count to threeтАЭ but then they say тАЬoneтАЭ and