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.More confusion.She never quite lost awareness, but for a while all she hadwas an assurance that she still lived.Until she came to rest, a quiveringshivering nothing.She couldn t feel her body.Rush of fear and rage that almost tore her apart.Fear she d been wrenchedloose from her hard-won body, condemned to that tenuous existence she d knownas a prisoner of the diadem.After the first shock dissipated, she understood what had happened.Attackingthe Ajin s body with those claws had triggered Kell s trap.Remembering Greyand Ticutt turning and twisting in the screen, bodies intact, she clutched athope and calmed herself further.She wasn t as helpless as the others wouldbe, she knew this state (or one too like it for her comfort), had learned todeal with it, circumventing its restrictions.What she d done before, shecould do again.Using her adopted gift and old experience, she reached, probing through thenothing about her.Linfyar.Screaming with his whole body, terrified, doubly blinded now.*Linfy, Linfy,* she sent to him, his name over and over, nothing more, untilher mind-voice punctured his panic and quieted him.*Shadow?* Voice echoing like a shout in her mind, sense of floundering.*Hang on, Linfy, I m going to try moving over to you.* Keeping her hold tighton him, she willed herself toward him, the ache in her head this brought onparadoxically welcome because at least she was feeling something.Then she wastouching something, though she still couldn t feel her own body.Not much.Itwas a blurred, dull stimulus that crept like a slow fuse along her, slowcurrents stirring in a body almost turned off, but there, thank whatever godsthere be, there.Linfyar clung desperately to her, trembling all over inagonizingly slow shudders.*Linfy, Linfy, it s all right, it is.We re in the trap, that s all, but I mgoing to get us out.Trust me, Linfy, trust me, haven t I got us loose before?Don t worry, don t fuss, I ll get us out.* She rubbed her hand up and down hisback, pressing hard so she could feel what she was doing, so he could feel it.Finally he lay quiet against her; some of his heat crossed into her and shebegan to feel herself somewhat more.She started to pull away, but he buttedinto her, clutched frantically at her.*Easy, easy, Linfy,* she said.*You rehurting me, imp, ease off or I ll have bruises in places I wouldn t want toexplain.Ah, that s better.I know you re sorry, imp.Listen to me.Let me go.Grey s in here too.And Ticutt and Taggert.I ve got to find them, Linfy.Umm.There s something you can do.I can t say anything or hear anything through myears, but your range is way wider than mine.You can help me hunt.Try yourtop and bottom and see if you get any echoes, huh?* She thought a moment.*Ifit doesn t work, don t worry, I ll keep touch with you, you won t get lost.All right?*She felt curiosity and a growing excitement in him, an excitement that swampedhis panic; turning his focus off his helplessness and setting him to doingsomething about it made an immediate difference.He let himself swing awayfrom her, though he did keep one hand closed painfully tight about her arm.She felt him get set, then felt the effort he was putting into throwing outthe sound, felt his disappointment when there was no return.Then he startedpulsing again, long slow beats that she didn t actually hear but felt astickles across her skin.She stiffened, nearly choked on her excitement.I mfeeling that.*I feel that,* she mind-yelled at Linfyar.*I feel that.*Page 168 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlLinfyar radiated glee, then pressed harder, delighted with the tickling thrum.A sound that was a physical presence here, as solid as their flesh.He let go of her, began turning in a slow circle, throwing out the subsonics.He burned with excitement when he located another three echo points evenlyspaced about him.*I did it, Shadow,* he sang to her.*I did it, way way down, bout as far as Ican go.Three and you, Shadow.Three and you.*This was the final evidence that her body was here with her, not just a hopeand a prayer and self-delusion.*Splendid, Linfy.I m going to try reachingthem.This one on my left first.Keep track of me, will you, and tell me ifI m going wrong, huh?**Sure, Shadow.* He was a little trembly at the prospect of her going away fromhim, but he had enough information coming in so he didn t feel wholly lost andcould regain that stubborn independence circumstances had built in him.She pushed, ignoring the ache in her head, knew she was drifting away fromLinfyar because she lost the body-sense of his presence.*Who?* she thrust atthe faint warmth that drew her.*Who?*After several repetitions and a slow drift closer, she got a startled responsefrom the presence ahead.*Who?* came back at her.*Shadith.Friend of Aleytys.You?**Grey.Shadith?**You ve met me.**No.**When I sang through Lee s body.**What?**Shadith the singer.From the diadem.**Lee!* More energy in the mind voice, then pain, then a sudden fear andanguish.* Another dream.**No.Lee s nowhere near here, and you re not dreaming.* She willed herself todrift closer to him; she couldn t think talk and shift positions at the sametime, so she gave herself successive pushes between fragments of speech.*Head.sent me and.Taggert.after Ticutt dropped.out of.no, youwouldn t know.* In each of the pauses she surged closer.*When she didn t.hear from you.after four months.Head sent Ticutt.to see.what he could.find out.when he stopped.reporting.Head waited.for Aleytys, but we.figured.it was a trap for.her, so she went.somewhere else.suck Kell off.so we wouldn t have to.fight himoff.while we looked for.you! Uh!* She wrapped herself around him.*Grey?**Real?**Feel that.* She pinched his arm hard, pushing back her dismay at how wastedit felt.He shuddered, the contact closer to breaking him than those eternities ofnothingness.She held him and let him sob and struggle into calm, knowing itwas good that she was here instead of Aleytys to see his weakness and help himdeal with it.For his pride s sake and Lee s place in his life.He d dealtwith Aleytys taking over his position as premier Hunter.After all, he d beenexpecting that to happen; he was aging and it was the natural order of thingsfor him to pass on into other aspects of Hunters as he withdrew from activefield service.That this had come before he was ready to retire and it was hislover who replaced him, that had been difficult to swallow, but he was strongenough in himself to accept that, and her special heritage had in a way easedthe transition [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.More confusion.She never quite lost awareness, but for a while all she hadwas an assurance that she still lived.Until she came to rest, a quiveringshivering nothing.She couldn t feel her body.Rush of fear and rage that almost tore her apart.Fear she d been wrenchedloose from her hard-won body, condemned to that tenuous existence she d knownas a prisoner of the diadem.After the first shock dissipated, she understood what had happened.Attackingthe Ajin s body with those claws had triggered Kell s trap.Remembering Greyand Ticutt turning and twisting in the screen, bodies intact, she clutched athope and calmed herself further.She wasn t as helpless as the others wouldbe, she knew this state (or one too like it for her comfort), had learned todeal with it, circumventing its restrictions.What she d done before, shecould do again.Using her adopted gift and old experience, she reached, probing through thenothing about her.Linfyar.Screaming with his whole body, terrified, doubly blinded now.*Linfy, Linfy,* she sent to him, his name over and over, nothing more, untilher mind-voice punctured his panic and quieted him.*Shadow?* Voice echoing like a shout in her mind, sense of floundering.*Hang on, Linfy, I m going to try moving over to you.* Keeping her hold tighton him, she willed herself toward him, the ache in her head this brought onparadoxically welcome because at least she was feeling something.Then she wastouching something, though she still couldn t feel her own body.Not much.Itwas a blurred, dull stimulus that crept like a slow fuse along her, slowcurrents stirring in a body almost turned off, but there, thank whatever godsthere be, there.Linfyar clung desperately to her, trembling all over inagonizingly slow shudders.*Linfy, Linfy, it s all right, it is.We re in the trap, that s all, but I mgoing to get us out.Trust me, Linfy, trust me, haven t I got us loose before?Don t worry, don t fuss, I ll get us out.* She rubbed her hand up and down hisback, pressing hard so she could feel what she was doing, so he could feel it.Finally he lay quiet against her; some of his heat crossed into her and shebegan to feel herself somewhat more.She started to pull away, but he buttedinto her, clutched frantically at her.*Easy, easy, Linfy,* she said.*You rehurting me, imp, ease off or I ll have bruises in places I wouldn t want toexplain.Ah, that s better.I know you re sorry, imp.Listen to me.Let me go.Grey s in here too.And Ticutt and Taggert.I ve got to find them, Linfy.Umm.There s something you can do.I can t say anything or hear anything through myears, but your range is way wider than mine.You can help me hunt.Try yourtop and bottom and see if you get any echoes, huh?* She thought a moment.*Ifit doesn t work, don t worry, I ll keep touch with you, you won t get lost.All right?*She felt curiosity and a growing excitement in him, an excitement that swampedhis panic; turning his focus off his helplessness and setting him to doingsomething about it made an immediate difference.He let himself swing awayfrom her, though he did keep one hand closed painfully tight about her arm.She felt him get set, then felt the effort he was putting into throwing outthe sound, felt his disappointment when there was no return.Then he startedpulsing again, long slow beats that she didn t actually hear but felt astickles across her skin.She stiffened, nearly choked on her excitement.I mfeeling that.*I feel that,* she mind-yelled at Linfyar.*I feel that.*Page 168 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlLinfyar radiated glee, then pressed harder, delighted with the tickling thrum.A sound that was a physical presence here, as solid as their flesh.He let go of her, began turning in a slow circle, throwing out the subsonics.He burned with excitement when he located another three echo points evenlyspaced about him.*I did it, Shadow,* he sang to her.*I did it, way way down, bout as far as Ican go.Three and you, Shadow.Three and you.*This was the final evidence that her body was here with her, not just a hopeand a prayer and self-delusion.*Splendid, Linfy.I m going to try reachingthem.This one on my left first.Keep track of me, will you, and tell me ifI m going wrong, huh?**Sure, Shadow.* He was a little trembly at the prospect of her going away fromhim, but he had enough information coming in so he didn t feel wholly lost andcould regain that stubborn independence circumstances had built in him.She pushed, ignoring the ache in her head, knew she was drifting away fromLinfyar because she lost the body-sense of his presence.*Who?* she thrust atthe faint warmth that drew her.*Who?*After several repetitions and a slow drift closer, she got a startled responsefrom the presence ahead.*Who?* came back at her.*Shadith.Friend of Aleytys.You?**Grey.Shadith?**You ve met me.**No.**When I sang through Lee s body.**What?**Shadith the singer.From the diadem.**Lee!* More energy in the mind voice, then pain, then a sudden fear andanguish.* Another dream.**No.Lee s nowhere near here, and you re not dreaming.* She willed herself todrift closer to him; she couldn t think talk and shift positions at the sametime, so she gave herself successive pushes between fragments of speech.*Head.sent me and.Taggert.after Ticutt dropped.out of.no, youwouldn t know.* In each of the pauses she surged closer.*When she didn t.hear from you.after four months.Head sent Ticutt.to see.what he could.find out.when he stopped.reporting.Head waited.for Aleytys, but we.figured.it was a trap for.her, so she went.somewhere else.suck Kell off.so we wouldn t have to.fight himoff.while we looked for.you! Uh!* She wrapped herself around him.*Grey?**Real?**Feel that.* She pinched his arm hard, pushing back her dismay at how wastedit felt.He shuddered, the contact closer to breaking him than those eternities ofnothingness.She held him and let him sob and struggle into calm, knowing itwas good that she was here instead of Aleytys to see his weakness and help himdeal with it.For his pride s sake and Lee s place in his life.He d dealtwith Aleytys taking over his position as premier Hunter.After all, he d beenexpecting that to happen; he was aging and it was the natural order of thingsfor him to pass on into other aspects of Hunters as he withdrew from activefield service.That this had come before he was ready to retire and it was hislover who replaced him, that had been difficult to swallow, but he was strongenough in himself to accept that, and her special heritage had in a way easedthe transition [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]