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Roger Zelazny. Sign of chaos
Atec Ноябрь 07 2007 02:48:28
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. But for one of sorcerous ability
it represented a highly dangerous wild card of a sort I'd never encountered
before. I wasn't at all certain how I should deal with it.
I dragged him toward the righthand tunnel because it was the smaller of
the two and would theoretically be a bit easier to defend. We had barely
achieved its shelter when the two beasts fell through the opening, clutching
and tearing at each other. They commenced rolling about the floor of the
cave, claws clicking, uttering hisses and whistles as they tore at each
other. They seemed to have forgotten us entirely; and I continued our
retreat until we were well back in the tunnel.
I could only assume Random's guess to be correct. . After all, he was a
musician and he'd played all over Shadow. Also, I couldn't come up with
anything better.
I summoned the Sign of the Logrus. When I had it clear and had meshed
my hands with it, I might have used it to strike- at the fighting beasts.
But they were paying me no heed whatsoever, and I'd no desire to attract
their attention. Also, I'd no assurance that the equivalent of being hit by
a two-by-four would have much effect on them. Besides, my order was ready,
and filling it took precedence.
So I reached.
It took an interminable time. There was an extremely wide area of
Shadow to pass though before I found what I was looking for
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