"Roger Zelazny - The Great Slow Kings" - читать интересную книгу автора (Zelazny Roger)

"What is it, Zindrome? Did you forget something?"

"No, great Lords. When I returned to the world from which I obtained
the samples I discovered that the race had progressed to the point where it
developed fission processes, engaged in an atomic war and annihilated
itself."

"That was extremely inconsiderate--typical, however, I should say, of
warm-blooded instability."

Zindrome continued to shift.

"Have you something else to report?"

"Yes, great Masters. The two specimens I released have multiplied and
are now spread over the entire planet of Glan."

"We should have been advised!"

"Yes, great Lords, but I was absent and--"

"They themselves should have reported this action!"

"Masters, I am afraid they are unaware of your existence."


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"How could that have happened?" asked Dran.

"We are presently buried beneath several thousand layers of alluvial
rock. The geological shifts--"

"You have your orders to maintain the place and clean the grounds,"
glowered Dran. "Have you been frittering away your time again?"

"No, great Lords! It all occurred during my absence. I shall attend to
it immediately."

"First," ordered Drax, "tell us what else our subjects have been up to,
that they saw fit to conceal from us."

"Recently," observed the robot, "they have discovered how to forge and
temper metals. Upon landing, I observed that they had developed many
ingenious instruments of a cutting variety. Unfortunately they were using
them to cut one another."

"Do you mean," roared Dran, "that there is strife in the kingdom?"