"David Wingrove & Rand Miller - Myst 01 - The Book of Ti'ana" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wingrove David)

get used to it, I promise. And we shall do our best to keep you busy while
you
are here. I shall have my assistant, Aitrus, assigned to you."

And now Kedri smiled, as if this was what he had been angling for all
along.
"That is most kind. Master Telanis. Most kind, indeed."

* * *

The excavator was quiet, the lighting subdued. Normally, the idle chatter
of
young crewmen would have rilled the narrow corridor, but since the observers
had
come there was a strange silence to the craft that made it seem abandoned.

As the young guildsman walked along its length, he glanced about
warily.
Normally he took such sights for granted, but today he seemed to see it
all
anew. Here in the front section, just behind the great drill, was the
Guild
Master's cabin and, next to it, through a bulkhead that would seal
automatically
in times of emergency, the chart room. Beyond that, opening out to both
right
and left of the corridor, was the equipment room.

The excavator was as self-contained as any ship at sea, everything stored,
each
cupboard and drawer secured against sudden jolts, but here the purpose of
the
craft was nakedly displayed, the massive rock drills lain neatly in their
racks,
blast-marble cylinders, protective helmets, and analysis tubes racked
like
weaponry.

The young guildsman stopped, looking back along the length of the craft.
He.was
a tall, athletic-looking young man with an air of earnestness about him.
His
dark red jumpsuit fit him comfortably rather than tightly; the broad,
black
leather tool belt at his waist and his long black leather boots part of
the
common uniform worn by all the members of the expedition.

His fine black hair was cut short and neat, accentuating his fineboned
features,