"Steve White - The Disinherited" - читать интересную книгу автора (White Steve) required at the moment, and it would have been too much trouble to
don the full suit and helmet that would have enabled them to interact physically, with all the appropriate sensations. Never really liked the things anyway, Varien groused to himself. If they get much better, how will we keep track of what is and isnтАЩt real? At least, this shared line was as secure as Variens resources, and the military ones at Arduins disposal, could make it. And the stark, utilitarian meeting room that the program simulated was appropriate to the subject at hand. тАЬWell,тАЭ Varien began without ceremony, addressing Tarlann. тАЬIs everything in readiness?тАЭ file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswij...nten/spaar/Steve%20White%20-%20The%20Disinherited.html (2 of 306)23-2-2006 21:14:56 White, Steve - [The Disinherited 01] - The Disinherited His son nodded, his unease palpable as the computer faithfully reproduced all the outward signs of human emotions it would never feel. тАЬYes, father. I know its useless to try to talk you into changing your mindтАжтАЭ тАЬThen donтАЩt bother trying,тАЭ Varien cut in. тАЬOur time is limited.тАЭ He instantly regretted his curtnessтАФ he might never see his only son again. He softened his tone, which had always represented his very best effort at apology. тАЬOur plans have already been set in motion, son. And youтАЩve been running our enterprises on a day-to-day basis not as if I was leaving permanently!тАЭ Which, he gibed at himself, might even turn out to be true. He turned to Arduin. тАЬAnd at your end?тАЭ His old friend and colleague nodded, looking even more miserable than Tarlann. Varien understood; as a senior officer in the new Raehaniv military, Arduin was experiencing a conflict of loyalties with which his open and honorable nature was unfit to cope. VarienтАЩs arguments had persuaded his intellect, but his conscience remained stubbornly unconvinced. Of course, ArduinтАЩs misery might also have had something to do with the sheer discomfort of the uniform he was wearing. The Raehaniv had remembered enough of their history to think, uncritically, of uniforms as something soldiers were supposed to have. And for their desperately improvised military, they had naturally looked to the most recent examples of such things: the consciously archaic (even then) confections used by the rival states of the Fourth Global War in their efforts to reignite their despairing populationsтАЩ nationalism. file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry%20kruiswij...nten/spaar/Steve%20White%20-%20The%20Disinherited.html (3 of 306)23-2-2006 21:14:56 White, Steve - [The Disinherited 01] - The Disinherited So we made our defenders lookтАФand feelтАФlike buffoons, Varien reflected. Ah, well; we did everything else wrong, so why not that |
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