Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 27

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           Therewasalongsilence,punctuatedonlybyourownheavybreathing.Ifixedmygazeononeofthebattened-downviewportsacrosstheroom,Ortega,slumpedbetweenmylegandthechair,waspresumablystilllookingatthescreen.Ithoughtthat,foramoment,ourbreathingmatchedpace.

           WhenIturnedandbenttohelpherup,shewasalreadyrisingtowardsme.Ourhandswereoneachother,Ithink,beforeeitherofusrealisedwhatwashappening.

           Itwaslikeresolution.Thecirclingantagonismscollapsedinwardlikeorbitalscrashingandburning,surrenderingtoamutualgravitythathaddraggedlikechainswhileitenduredbutinreleasewasastreakoffirethroughthenerves.Wewerebothtryingtokisseachotherandlaughatthesametime.Ortegamadeexcitedlittlepantingsoundsasmyhandsslippedinsidethekimono,palmsskiddingovercoarsenipplesasbroadandstiffasrope-endsandthebreaststhatfittedintomyhandsasifdesignedtonestlethere.Thekimonocameoff,slidingatfirstandthenjerkedinsistentlyfreeofeachswimmer’sshoulderinturn.Ishedjacketandshirtinone,whileOrtega’shandstangledfranticallyatmybelt,openingtheflyandslidingonehard,long-fingeredhandintothegap.Ifeltthecallusesatthebaseofeachfinger,rubbing.

           Somehowwegotoutoftheroomwiththescreen,andmadeittothestern-endcabinI’dseenearlier.

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