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

I and Nick will ask each other and find out, as we feed.


Anthony tried to participate in the chorus/response about food, but he found himself continually frustrated at his clumsy phrasing. Fortunately the whales were tolerant of his efforts.


HAVE WE LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT THE ONES THAT SWIM DEEP AND DO NOT BREATHE AND FEED ON OBSCURE THINGS?


Not yet, Two Notches. Something has interrupted us in our hungry quest


A CONDITION OF MISFORTUNE EXISTS, LIKE UNTO HUNGER. WE MUST LEARN TO BE QUICKER.


We will try, Two Notches. After we eat.


WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE DEEP DWELLERS NOW, AND FEED WITH THEM, BUT WE MUST BREATHE.


ABOVENESS


I/YOU


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THE SHRILL(?) SOUNDS" C22


IN WARM WATERS


We will speak to ourselves another time, after feeding.


WE ARE IN A CONDITION OF HUNGER, ANTHONY. WE MUST EAT SOON.


We will remember our hunger and make plans.


The mating and calving season for the humpbacks was over. Most of the whales were already heading north to their summer feeding grounds, where they would do little but eat for six months. Two Notches and one of the other males had remained in the vicinity of Las Madres as a favor to Anthony, who used them to assist in locating the Deep Dwellers, but soonЧin a matter of daysЧthe pair would have to head north. They hadn't eaten anything for nearly half a year; Anthony didn't want to starve them.


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