Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 40

           

           Threesecondslaterthetubeblewopenandspatmebackwardsintothenightsky.

           Thesensationwasadimlyrememberedjoy,somethingthissleevedidnotrecallatacellularlevel.Fromthecrampedconfinesofthetubeandthenoisyvibrationofthetransport’senginesIwassuddenlyblastedintoabsolutespaceandsilence.Noteventherushofairmadeitthroughthefoampaddingonthesuit’shelmetasIfell.ThegravharnesskickedinassoonasIwasclearofthetubeandbrakedmyfallbeforeitgotproperlystarted.Ifeltmyselfborneuponitsfield,notquitemotionless,likeaballbobbingontopofthecolumnofwaterfromafountain.Pivotingabout,IwatchedthenavigationlightsofthetransportshrinkinwardagainstthebulkofHeadintheClouds.

           Theairshiphungaboveandbeforemelikeathreateningstormcloud.Lightsglimmeredoutatmefromthecurvinghullandthegantriedsuperstructurebeneath.Ordinarilyitwouldhavegivenmethecringingsensationofbeingasittingtarget,butthebetathanatinesoothedtheemotionsawayinacleanrushofdatadetail.InthestealthsuitIwasasblackasthesurroundingskyandallbutradarinvisible.ThegravfieldIwasgeneratingmighttheoreticallyshowuponascannersomewhere,butwithinthehugedistortionsproducedbytheairship’sstabilisersthey’dneedtobelookingforme,andlookingquitehard.AllthesethingsIknewwithanabsoluteconfidencethathadnoroomfordoubts,fearsorotheremotionaltangling.

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