Джордж Мартин – Starport (страница 21)

AND

TO YOURS,

CHAY’ASH.

CAPTAIN

SWOBODA.

LIEUTENANT KELLEHER.

APPRECIATION FOR

YOUR PRESENCE. YOUR

FLIGHT WAS SWIFT

AND EXCELLENT,

I TRUST?

WELL...

IT WAS

SWIFT.

YOU ARE

UNCOMFORTABLE,

CAPTAIN?

I JUST

GET A LITTLE...UH....

MERVOUS AROUND

HEIGHTS.

AH, ONE

UNDERSTANDS...

AND REQUIRES BUT

A MOMENT TO

RECTIFY.

PLEASE TO

BE SEATED.

IT IS

SUPERIOR TO

SPEAK IN COMFORT,

NAI?

UH, YEAH.

LOOK, I’LL

COME RIGHT TO

THE POINT. WE’VE UNCOVERED

EVIDENCE OF AN ASSASSINATION

PLOT AGAINST THE SKRIT TRADE

ENVOY. WE BELIEVE IT’S THE

WORK OF A GROUP CALLED

EARTHBLOOD...

THEY ARE A

RADICAL OFFSHOOT

COMBINATION OF

THE EARTH-FIRST AND

ALT-RIGHT PURITY GROUPS.

BASICALLY, THEY...OBJECT

TO THE ALIEN

PRESENCE.

OBJECT?

ISOLATIONISTS

AND BIGOTS, CHAY’ASH.

WE’SHEY ASSIAYAS NOVO TELLA NASH-TARA.

THERE’S NOT

MANY OF THEM–

NO MORE THAN

TWENTY.

THEN SO

FEW CAN PRESENT

NO TRUE DANGER TO

THE TRADE ENVOY,

NAI?

I WISH

THAT WERE TRUE,

BUT THESE PEOPLE