"Walter Jon Williams - Surfacing (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Williams Walter John)

She looked toward the cabin. "Lunch smells good." Perhaps, he thought, food equaled apology.


"Fish chowder. Would you like a beer? Coffee?"


"Beer. Thanks."


They stepped below and Anthony served lunch on the small foldout table. He opened another beer and put it by her place.


"Delicious. I never really learned to cook."


"Cooking was something I learned young."


Her eyes were curious. "Where was that?"


"Lees." Shortly. He put a spoonful of chowder in his mouth so that his terseness would be more understandable.


"I never heard the name."


"It's a planet." Mumbling through chowder. "Pretty obscure." He didn't want to talk about it.


"I'm from Earth."


He looked at her. "Really? Originally? Not just a habitat in the Sol system?"


"Yes. Truly. One of the few. The one and only Earth."


"Is that what got you interested in whales?"


"I've always been interested in whales. As far back as I can remember. Long before I ever saw one."


"It was the same with me. I grew up near an ocean, built a boat when I was a boy and went exploring. I've never felt more at home than when I'm on the ocean."


"Some people live on the sea all the time."