"Ian Watson - Cages" - читать интересную книгу автора (Watson Ian)

Nothing we do affects them. Exotic substance, say scientists. Might
be made of strings.

Ah, I have just cottoned on: Exprisonment, the title of Quantum
EntanglementтАЩs proposed gig, is the opposite of imprisonment. WeтАЩre all
confined by our impeds, all constrained, but at the same time weтАЩre free to
walk about. WeтАЩre exprisoned.

тАЬSo,тАЭ I say to Svelte, тАЬdo we butt in on Quantum Entanglement and
take charge of this hum-mix event? All sorts of measuring equipment on
site? Or do we limit ourselves to observing? In which case,тАЭ as I appraise
her clothing, тАЬjust how do we dress?тАЭ

тАЬOr undress.тАЭ

тАЬYou mean literally?тАЭ

тАЬSome kidsтАЩll go nude or scanty. Not most.тАЭ

тАЬGlad to hear it. Is this only for young people?тАЭ
 She shakes her head. тАЬYou get worked up by Kore with a friend of
any age, or even on your own. ItтАЩs non-discriminatory, like sex for the
dis-abled. Impeds looked like fucking the club and dance scene, like how
do you dance with a box on your foot? Kore says fuck off to impeds.тАЭ

тАЬYou mean thereтАЩll be some sort of orgy?тАЭ

тАЬSome micro-orgies maybe, not mass writhing. ThereтАЩs like a spiritual
dimension, like an orgasm reaching heaven. Transcending the body, flying
free.тАЭ

тАЬAnd Sighs and Cries was a response to impeds?тАЭ

тАЬNo, Sighs and Cries came out a few months before the hoops.
What QE are planning right now is their response to the hoops. They
mustтАЩve been sampling and mixing for months.тАЭ

тАЬHigh time to stick our noses in.тАЭ

тАЬParty time? Dude!тАЭ

****

So THE VARROA come through the hoops. They look like giant bees, size
of an electric toaster. Varrr-oh-aah, varrr-oh-aahтАФthatтАЩs the sound they
make. A bit loud for wing beats. The noise sug-gests some kind of
protective energy field, whatever that might be. Bee-ing as how we canтАЩt
catch a Varroa nor harm them in any way.