"Steve White - The Disinherited" - читать интересную книгу автора (White Steve)

LirauvaтАЩs secondary sun; it harmonized with reddish-brown skin,
made even more coppery by long exposure to this planets wind and
sun. Her great deep-brown eyes also had a faintly reddish, almost
mahogany toneтАж and Varien did, at times, see those eyes, for they
were the eyes of his long-dead wife. But mostly he saw a mind as

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whetted as his sons, and an adventurousness that Tarlann would
never possess.
They embraced with the restraint enjoined by their culture, which
taught that to display personal passion was to crack open, ever so
slightly, a door behind which roared the flames of total war. Still, it
was more than the small, formal bows Variens parents would have
exchanged.
тАЬSorry I was at the orbital station when you arrived,тАЭ she greeted
him. тАЬMiralann is sure heтАЩs onto a fundamental breakthrough inтАж
well that doesnтАЩt matter now, does it?тАЭ She withdrew a step and
looked him over. He had aged. тАЬHow bad is it?тАЭ
тАЬWorse than you thinkтАж however bad that may be. When the last
courier was sent here, we thought Raehan couldnтАЩt hold. Now weтАЩre
certain of it.тАЭ
тАЬSo.тАЭ She gazed somberly around her at the base, and the world,
that had been her home for two years. For a moment, it was so quiet
that the faint, hissing roar of the distant surf was audible. She then
looked upward at the tiny point of yellow-white light. тАЬThen we
must all go to Landaen?тАЭ
тАЬOh, not everyone. This base can remain in operation with a
skeleton staffтАФIтАЩll leave the choice of who remains up to you. But
if our observers at Tareil ever come here with the news that the
Korvaasha have discovered TareilтАЩs fourth displacement point and
the Ldrauva Chain, it will be necessary to immediately obliterate
every indication that we ever knew of it. We destroyed all the robot
stations in the intervening systems on our way here.тАЭ (So much still
to learn in those systems! Aelanni looked as sad as Varien felt.)

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тАЬAnd weтАЩve brought a fusion device which can be triggered with a
minimum of fuss, and is powerful enough to wipe out every trace of
this base.
тАЬBut,тАЭ he continued more cheerfully, тАЬfor now weтАЩll keep the base
operating. IтАЩll need you at Landaen, of course, and certain othersтАж
notably Miralann.тАЭ
Aelanni smiled impishly. тАЬFor his professional expertise, Father? Or
could it be that you also expect his hobby to be useful?тАЭ Varien