"Robin Wilson - The Grift of the Magellanae" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wilson Robin)

shit, and I never, never saw anything like these two.тАЭ

тАЬSo whatтАЩd you do?тАЭ Marianne can linger a little with her lover; it is a quiet
Tuesday and most of the noon-hour crowd is gone.

тАЬMouthed off smart,тАЭ Bobby says ruefully. тАЬLike I sometimes do. CouldnтАЩt
believe my own eyes .... тАЬ

тАЬHow come? WhatтАЩd they want?тАЭ BobbyтАЩs uncharacteristic admission of
folly intrigues Marianne, and there has been some excitement that day, during the
breakfast rush, route drivers, couple of deputies, talking about strange lights over
Gavilan Mountain, sounds in the night. The line boss out at the Crooked J Ranch
said he glimpsed a couple of somethings alongside the road as he was driving into
town.

тАЬI couldnтАЩt believe it,тАЭ continues Bobby. тАЬOne of them said they were looking
for...тАЭ His voice trails off, lost in his own disbelief.

тАЬWhat? WhatтАЩd they want?тАЭ

тАЬI swear it said тАФ representation, for GodтАЩs sake. They were looking for
someone who could tell their story to the world.тАЭ His voice dies, a terminal case of
chagrin.

тАЬAnd....?тАЭ

тАЬDumb. Without thinking anything but blow out those wise-asses at The Wet
Spot, I said, тАШYou people want Roswell, New Mexico, not Granger City, California.
You go on up to the next corner there, thatтАЩs Shasta Avenue, hang a left, and then
itтАЩs about thousand miles southeast.тАЩтАЬ

тАЬSo whatтАЩd they say?тАЭ

тАЬNothing. Looked at each other a second, turned and went out. By the time I
got my brains back in my head and realized IтАЩd kissed off the best grift ever fell in a
flackтАЩs lap and got up off my dead ass and went out to the sidewalk, they were
gone. I mean, it couldnтАЩt of been five seconds, but they were just plain gone!тАЭ

Bobby takes a bite of hamburger, chews thoughtfully, swallows, adds: тАЬGotta
be some kinda Scotty thing, beams тАШem up.тАЭ

тАЬAnd this was this morning? Like just a couple hours ago?тАЭ Marianne is now
truly intrigued. тАЬThere were guys here talking about weird stuff.тАЭ She gives a brief
account of reports in the morning rush hubbub, lights in the sky, strange sounds,
unsettling sights.

тАЬAh, jeez.тАЭ Bobby can only shake his head. тАЬThey gotta be the real thing, and
I blew it.тАЭ

But he has not blown it; the two creatures reappear at his little ten-by-twenty