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Roger Zelazny. Sign of chaos
Atec Ноябрь 07 2007 02:48:28
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. I supposed the next step could be to get him outlawed as
a pretender and a dangerous revolutionary, and to put a price on his head.
Was Random overreacting? Luke didn't seem all that dangerous now, especially
with his mother in our custody. On the other hand, I didn't really know how
far Random intended to go: Was he just foreclosing all of the threatening
options, or was he actually out to get Luke? The latter possibility bothered
me in that Luke seemed on halfway good behavior at the moment and possibly
in the throes of reconsidering his position. I did not want to see him
needlessly thrown to the wolves as a result of overkill on Random's part.
So, "I suppose this has a lot to do with Luke," I said. to Vialle.
She was silent for a moment, then replied, "It was Dalt that he seemed
concerned about."
I shrugged mentally. It seemed that it would come down to the same
thing in Random's mind, since he would see Dalt as the military force Luke
would turn to to recover the throne. So I said, "Oh," and went on eating.
There were no new facts to be had beyond this, and nothing to clarify
Random's thinking any further, so we lapsed into small talk while I
considered my position once again. It still came down to a feeling that
urgent action was necessary and uncertainty as to what form it should take.
My course was determined in an unexpected fashion sometime during dessert
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