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"And maybe you have days when he doesn't excite you so much either."
Lily flushed. "I love my husband very deeply."
"Yeah. This new religion he's got, it doesn't necessarily mean he's going to
drop you. Does it?"
"I don't know." Then she shook her head. "No, I
can't believe Alan would
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html do that. But all religions have
splinter groups, don't they? I think there are some followers of
Malakó who try to attain great holiness by being celibate."
"I guess all religions have splinter groups,"
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Harry agreed.
"That's what really worries me, makes me afraid that when I get to
Maracanda, maybe they won't even want me to
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html talk to him. That there's usually one
sharp, pointy little splinter that tends to become more and more fanatical."
"And you think that Alan might be attracted to that kind of thing."
She nodded. After giving
Harry a thoughtful look, she said: "He's like you, in one way at least. He's
not the kind of man who wants to do anything halfway."
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Harry raised his glass.
"Since you're madly in love with him, I'll take that as a compliment."
"It was meant to be. But I
suppose you don't have a regular religion."
Harry grunted again.
Now she was annoyed.
"Tell me, Mr. Silver, what do you have?"
He cast a glance around the cabin. "For one thing, I have this ship.
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It's all mine, free and clear, along with its attachments and its cargo. Which
may not amount to much in the cosmic scheme of things, but a fair number of
people would like to own it. Or at least want to ride in it." He turned in his
chair. "Also I have something of a thirst.
Join me in a drink?"
"From your inflection on the word, I presume you
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Malakó has no objection to that either. In moderation."
"I'm all for moderation.
Though some people carry it too far."
Half a minute later, savoring his first postcombat sip of scotch and watching
Lily quickly swallow hers, Harry remarked: "Whisky is my favorite drug." The
mention of drugs
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html brought no particular reaction. At
some point he meant to raise the subject of smuggling, too, but he hadn't yet
thought of a good, smooth way to bring it up.
The subject of traveling seemed to come up naturally. Harry expressed his
curiosity as to whether his remaining passenger had ever actually been
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years of the Core.
Sagittarius A, the ancient and still somewhat mysterious radio source, was
there. So were other, greater mysteries, among them the one that humans called
the Taj.
"No, I haven't been anywhere near there." It sounded as though Lily really
wished she might have been. "Have you?"
"Not close. Not really
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into Core
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"And maybe you have days when he doesn't excite you so much either."
Lily flushed. "I love my husband very deeply."
"Yeah. This new religion he's got, it doesn't necessarily mean he's going to
drop you. Does it?"
"I don't know." Then she shook her head. "No, I
can't believe Alan would
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html do that. But all religions have
splinter groups, don't they? I think there are some followers of
Malakó who try to attain great holiness by being celibate."
"I guess all religions have splinter groups,"
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Harry agreed.
"That's what really worries me, makes me afraid that when I get to
Maracanda, maybe they won't even want me to
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html talk to him. That there's usually one
sharp, pointy little splinter that tends to become more and more fanatical."
"And you think that Alan might be attracted to that kind of thing."
She nodded. After giving
Harry a thoughtful look, she said: "He's like you, in one way at least. He's
not the kind of man who wants to do anything halfway."
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Harry raised his glass.
"Since you're madly in love with him, I'll take that as a compliment."
"It was meant to be. But I
suppose you don't have a regular religion."
Harry grunted again.
Now she was annoyed.
"Tell me, Mr. Silver, what do you have?"
He cast a glance around the cabin. "For one thing, I have this ship.
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It's all mine, free and clear, along with its attachments and its cargo. Which
may not amount to much in the cosmic scheme of things, but a fair number of
people would like to own it. Or at least want to ride in it." He turned in his
chair. "Also I have something of a thirst.
Join me in a drink?"
"From your inflection on the word, I presume you
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html speak of alcohol?
Malakó has no objection to that either. In moderation."
"I'm all for moderation.
Though some people carry it too far."
Half a minute later, savoring his first postcombat sip of scotch and watching
Lily quickly swallow hers, Harry remarked: "Whisky is my favorite drug." The
mention of drugs
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html brought no particular reaction. At
some point he meant to raise the subject of smuggling, too, but he hadn't yet
thought of a good, smooth way to bring it up.
The subject of traveling seemed to come up naturally. Harry expressed his
curiosity as to whether his remaining passenger had ever actually been
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html within ten thousand light-
years of the Core.
Sagittarius A, the ancient and still somewhat mysterious radio source, was
there. So were other, greater mysteries, among them the one that humans called
the Taj.
"No, I haven't been anywhere near there." It sounded as though Lily really
wished she might have been. "Have you?"
"Not close. Not really
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html close. From all I hear, just getting
into Core
Sector's not easy, let alone exploring it." Over the years there had been
several famous, partially successful expeditions organized to go probing at
the center of the
Galaxy. Each of them had brought back more questions than answers. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]