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.corridor and the guard followed maintaining a prudent distance I hoped theywould simply have us trade, ,.positions with Bella and Razzi so I could somehow leave a message but theyeliminated that possibility,.And by having Tara stay with me they eliminated her usefulness for passingmessages,.We passed the door next to the bridge a door which led into a small room thatwas normally used during, , less exotic emergencies for catnaps between extended shifts A hole hadsomehow been cut or burned,.into the surface of the door near where it slid into the wall A sturdy peginserted in the hole kept the door.from opening No doubt that's where Razzi and Bella were.Tara and I were escorted to a door farther down the hall a door to which thesame procedure had been, applied "After you " Daniel said politely gesturing first to Tara and thento me I followed Tara through the., ,.door and as I was about to turn to watch Daniel close the door he kicked mesolidly in the small of my, , , back His foot hit the back of my lifebelt but the lifebelt was too thinto provide much protection.,.Even as I stumbled across the room and careened into a table I heard the doorbegin to slide shut cutting, , off Daniel's laughter I hit the floor before the laughter completely diedaway.Page 114 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Are you all right?" Tara asked She moved toward me and gave me a hand up Theconcern in her voice.and the tingle I felt when my hand touched hers more than made up for thesoreness in my back I was still.open to the possibility that Tara was actually working with Wade the way hehad included himself with, the captive passengers but I couldn't actually bring myself to believe it,."I'm fine Thanks " I surveyed the room quickly already sure there was no wayout no access panel no., , , emergency exit I was right.We were in another extended-shift break room with nothing more than six bunksinset in the walls four, , chairs a table a bathroom beyond and a meager food supply, , ,.When I completed my brief inspection I looked back at Tara who was staring atme with a puzzled, , expression on her face."I don't understand you " she said "He just kicked you really hard from thelooks of it and all you do is,., , examine this room You don't show your anger at all.Why do you wear such a thick mask?"I looked back at her sorry that she had to be one of Wade's victims too "Idon't look angry because I'm, ,., not angry Not about that anyway I've taken a lot worse than that in the past.Besides it's to our advantage to have Daniel on the team If they were all likeyour like Wade all cool,., , calm professional then we'd have even less chance of stopping them As itis we have a weak link So, ,.,.that's good news "."Stopping them? What chance do we have?" Tara's blue eyes were wideincredulous "I can't believe all,.this is happening Everything is going too fast And you actually killed sixpeople in the last few hours?.Doesn't that bother you?""This whole thing bothers me Sit down a minute and relax " I waited until shePage 115 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmltook a chair and then I sat., down across from her "I'm not going to spend a lot of time justifying whatI've done I believe that anyone.who puts innocent people's lives at risk or actually kills has forfeited theright to live Believing that doesn't, ,.make it easy or painless to follow through I'm not going to try to convinceyou that's right and you're not., going to convince me otherwise End of topic Now I know you've got even moreto adjust to than.I do so if you need a minute or two to clear your head or use the bathroom doit now And then I want, ,.you to tell me everything you know about Xanahalla And about Wade "."You're joking "."You've got two minutes ".Tara looked at me and took a deep breath Without another word she got up wentinto the bathroom., , , and closed the door When she returned she calmly sat down and said "Tellme why you want to know., , and why it has to be now This ship may take a few days to get there "."I want to know everything that may give me an edge anything that I canconceivably take advantage of, to overcome this gang Knowledge is power you've surely heard that athousand times We need all the.power we can get I need it now because for all I know we'll be separated infive minutes and I won't.have another chance You're the one person on our side who knows Wade and whoknows Xanahalla "."I'm sorry " Tara looked down at her lap I noticed that she was barefoot "Thisis all my fault If I hadn't.been to Xanahalla if I hadn't told Wade ", "Stop it ".Page 116 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html" if I hadn't ""Stop it! This is no more your fault than it is mine I'm sorry it's happenedtoo But it's a fact and we're not.,., responsible The only failure we can be responsible for is inaction if wejust sit here and let it happen Now.,.tell me about Xanahalla "."No It's hopeless We'll never stop him ".My voice rose "Don't you say 'no ' I don't.ever want to hear 'no' again I've heard it enough to last a.lifetime We're going to do something about all this I don't know what yet butwe're not going to say 'no '.,.Is that perfectly clear?"Tara stared at me I almost expected her to say 'no' again but she surprised me"I'll tell you everything.,.you want if you'll tell me about yourself when we're finished "."What could possibly we're wasting time "."Promise me " There was no mischievousness in her clear blue eyes just astubborn intensity that I could., easily relate to."Whatever you want as long as you talk now Where are newcomers brought in?",.I was sure I could talk about myself long enough to bore her and never have tobring up Redwall.Tara took a deep breath as though preparing to talk for a long time on onelungful "Xanahalla has a small,.orbital station like on any planet off the main hyperspace net I'm gettingthis out of order I was contacted,.during a layover and led to a docking station where I boarded a smallhyperspace vehicle a zero-gravity model just large enough for a few people Wetraveled for what I estimated to be eight hours [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.corridor and the guard followed maintaining a prudent distance I hoped theywould simply have us trade, ,.positions with Bella and Razzi so I could somehow leave a message but theyeliminated that possibility,.And by having Tara stay with me they eliminated her usefulness for passingmessages,.We passed the door next to the bridge a door which led into a small room thatwas normally used during, , less exotic emergencies for catnaps between extended shifts A hole hadsomehow been cut or burned,.into the surface of the door near where it slid into the wall A sturdy peginserted in the hole kept the door.from opening No doubt that's where Razzi and Bella were.Tara and I were escorted to a door farther down the hall a door to which thesame procedure had been, applied "After you " Daniel said politely gesturing first to Tara and thento me I followed Tara through the., ,.door and as I was about to turn to watch Daniel close the door he kicked mesolidly in the small of my, , , back His foot hit the back of my lifebelt but the lifebelt was too thinto provide much protection.,.Even as I stumbled across the room and careened into a table I heard the doorbegin to slide shut cutting, , off Daniel's laughter I hit the floor before the laughter completely diedaway.Page 114 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Are you all right?" Tara asked She moved toward me and gave me a hand up Theconcern in her voice.and the tingle I felt when my hand touched hers more than made up for thesoreness in my back I was still.open to the possibility that Tara was actually working with Wade the way hehad included himself with, the captive passengers but I couldn't actually bring myself to believe it,."I'm fine Thanks " I surveyed the room quickly already sure there was no wayout no access panel no., , , emergency exit I was right.We were in another extended-shift break room with nothing more than six bunksinset in the walls four, , chairs a table a bathroom beyond and a meager food supply, , ,.When I completed my brief inspection I looked back at Tara who was staring atme with a puzzled, , expression on her face."I don't understand you " she said "He just kicked you really hard from thelooks of it and all you do is,., , examine this room You don't show your anger at all.Why do you wear such a thick mask?"I looked back at her sorry that she had to be one of Wade's victims too "Idon't look angry because I'm, ,., not angry Not about that anyway I've taken a lot worse than that in the past.Besides it's to our advantage to have Daniel on the team If they were all likeyour like Wade all cool,., , calm professional then we'd have even less chance of stopping them As itis we have a weak link So, ,.,.that's good news "."Stopping them? What chance do we have?" Tara's blue eyes were wideincredulous "I can't believe all,.this is happening Everything is going too fast And you actually killed sixpeople in the last few hours?.Doesn't that bother you?""This whole thing bothers me Sit down a minute and relax " I waited until shePage 115 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmltook a chair and then I sat., down across from her "I'm not going to spend a lot of time justifying whatI've done I believe that anyone.who puts innocent people's lives at risk or actually kills has forfeited theright to live Believing that doesn't, ,.make it easy or painless to follow through I'm not going to try to convinceyou that's right and you're not., going to convince me otherwise End of topic Now I know you've got even moreto adjust to than.I do so if you need a minute or two to clear your head or use the bathroom doit now And then I want, ,.you to tell me everything you know about Xanahalla And about Wade "."You're joking "."You've got two minutes ".Tara looked at me and took a deep breath Without another word she got up wentinto the bathroom., , , and closed the door When she returned she calmly sat down and said "Tellme why you want to know., , and why it has to be now This ship may take a few days to get there "."I want to know everything that may give me an edge anything that I canconceivably take advantage of, to overcome this gang Knowledge is power you've surely heard that athousand times We need all the.power we can get I need it now because for all I know we'll be separated infive minutes and I won't.have another chance You're the one person on our side who knows Wade and whoknows Xanahalla "."I'm sorry " Tara looked down at her lap I noticed that she was barefoot "Thisis all my fault If I hadn't.been to Xanahalla if I hadn't told Wade ", "Stop it ".Page 116 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html" if I hadn't ""Stop it! This is no more your fault than it is mine I'm sorry it's happenedtoo But it's a fact and we're not.,., responsible The only failure we can be responsible for is inaction if wejust sit here and let it happen Now.,.tell me about Xanahalla "."No It's hopeless We'll never stop him ".My voice rose "Don't you say 'no ' I don't.ever want to hear 'no' again I've heard it enough to last a.lifetime We're going to do something about all this I don't know what yet butwe're not going to say 'no '.,.Is that perfectly clear?"Tara stared at me I almost expected her to say 'no' again but she surprised me"I'll tell you everything.,.you want if you'll tell me about yourself when we're finished "."What could possibly we're wasting time "."Promise me " There was no mischievousness in her clear blue eyes just astubborn intensity that I could., easily relate to."Whatever you want as long as you talk now Where are newcomers brought in?",.I was sure I could talk about myself long enough to bore her and never have tobring up Redwall.Tara took a deep breath as though preparing to talk for a long time on onelungful "Xanahalla has a small,.orbital station like on any planet off the main hyperspace net I'm gettingthis out of order I was contacted,.during a layover and led to a docking station where I boarded a smallhyperspace vehicle a zero-gravity model just large enough for a few people Wetraveled for what I estimated to be eight hours [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]