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The same, Will told her, not knowing what else to say. Be better if we could get more real soldiers
here. We got a few. Recruited from vacations. One of our majors is a Russian. When they found out
about us, he and his woman and kids all jump ship in Jamaica. He s a good guy. Speaks better Massood
than I do.
You speak Massood? Will gaped at her.
Sure. She rattled off a guttural stream for him. Not so hard, though they don swear enough. We
teaching them some.
Will nodded to himself. The dissemination of Human culture had begun.
Here s the lounge.
They entered a room in the shape of a half-moon. He remarked on the incongruity of the expansive
window only to have her explain that it could withstand a tactical nuclear explosion and was polarized to
dissipate any type of energy weapon. The furniture was clean and flexible while the room itself took the
form of a series of descending concentric levels, like an intimate theater. Massood and Hivistahm sat and
chatted and sipped liquids from exotic containers. The lowermost level was full of chairs and couches.
The Humans gathered there scrutinized flat screens the size of hand mirrors and laughed at what they
saw. Echevarria led him down.
What kind of casualties have you suffered? Will inquired as they descended. We ve had some people
killed, some hurt. This is a war, man. You see your friend killed, it just make you want to fight harder.
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That something else I don think the Massood understand. When they lose people they want to pull
back. The more of us go down, the harder the rest want to fight. So maybe we do things a little
backward, you know? She raised her voice as they approached the bottom. Hey, Joh, Chang! I got
somebody I want you to meet. Come all the way out from Earth.
For the second time Will was stunned at the reaction mention of his name produced. It seemed everyone
wanted to shake his hand or kiss him. It was the last thing he could have anticipated, having come all this
way expecting to encounter rampant homesickness and disillusionment. He wanted no part of their
adulation.
Nor was any of it faked for his benefit in the manner of some of the music-ignorant matrons who
supported the symphony because it was the sophisticated thing to do. This jumbled assortment of
Humanity gathered on a far distant world meant every word they said.
A stockbroker named Davis had already made one recruiting trip of his own to enlist several of his
friends. All had given up six-figure incomes to fight for the Weave.
Making money is exciting at first, the man explained as he inhaled gas from a sealed flask, but you
reach a point in time where you realize it doesn t have much to do with real life. It just doesn t feel right.
It becomes nothing more than dull routine to be followed mindlessly and unquestioningly. He gestured at
the window. There s nothing dull about what we re doing here. So you make a lot of money, so what?
You buy a fancier car, a bigger co-op, you fly first class instead of coach, you stare dumbly at a bigger
TV with a few extra buttons and knobs. What does that have to do with the meaning of existence? Not a
damn thing.
So you run for Congress or hope for an appointment to the Federal Reserve Board so you can lose
yourself among thousands of other bureaucrats who can t accomplish anything worthwhile either. Is that a
life s work? This I mean, this conflict is about the structure of civilization. That s something worth
devoting your life to.
That s what the aliens say, Will responded. Some of the smiles disappeared. You really don t know
what s going on out here, do you? the ex-broker said pityingly. You re the one responsible for us being
here and you don t know what s going on. He turned to Echevarria.
Maria, has Will seen any of the prisoners?
No. He just get here.
Davis nodded understandingly. Why don t you see if you can get him into Interrogation? He turned
back to the visitor.
Everyone here believes in what they re doing, regardless of where they come from or what they did
back on Earth. We re all respected and appreciated in a way no Human beings have been respected and [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]