"Timothy Zahn - Hero of Cartao 1" - читать интересную книгу автора (Zahn Timothy)

Cartao, dispensing wisdom, mediating disputes, and handling the occasional
pirate or overeager crime lord. Some of the locals had come to respect him,
others had chosen to hate him, while most had never been more than vaguely
aware that Prackla Sector even had a resident Jedi guardian.


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But never in those thirty years had he run into a case of hero-worship
like Corf Binalie's.


In his earlier days, it would have been highly gratifying, not to mention
flattering, to be held in such high esteem. From the perspective of his years,
though, he could see the danger lurking beneath that kind of unthinking
adulation. Even at twelve Corf should be able to recognize a person's
weaknesses as well as his strengths; should be learning how to accept people
as they were, not creating a lens of perfection through which to gaze at them.
Instead, the boy insisted on regarding him as the Ultimate Jedi: tall and
strong, wise and kind, and never, ever wrong.


This particular incident wasn't going to do much to change that
perception, either. The shuttle passed low over their heads, leaving no doubt
that it was indeed making for the private landing pad beside the Binalie
mansion.


And as it did so, Tories got a clear look at the company name on the
shuttle's side.


"Come on," he said, taking Corf's arm and turning him toward the house.


"We're going back?" Corf asked, frowning. "I thought you were going to
help me track this siviviv vine back to its root."

"We can do that later," Tories told him. "Right now, I think we ought to
go see what these people want with your father."

"Okay," Corf said, clearly not understanding but willing to accept
Tories' word for it. "You're the boss."

"I'm not the boss," Tories reminded him as they headed down the hill
toward the distant house and the shuttle settling onto the pad. "I'm just the
Jedi."