"Card, Orson Scott - Ender Wiggins 07 - Shadow Puppets 2.1" - читать интересную книгу автора (Card Orson Scott) "And if we're together we're too identifiable, la la la," she said.
"Saying 'la la la' doesn't mean it isn't true." "But I don't care," said Petra. "That's the part you're leaving out of your calculations." "And I do care," said Bean, "which is the part you're leaving out of yours." "Let me put it this way," said Petra. "If we separate, and Achilles finds me and kills me first, then you'll just have one more female you love deeply who is dead because you didn't protect her." "You fight dirty." "I fight like a girl." "And if you stay with me, we'll probably end up dying together." "No we won't," said Petra. "I'm not immortal, as you well know." "But you are smarter than Achilles. And luckier. And taller. And nicer." "The new improved human." She looked at him thoughtfully. "You know, now that you're tall, we could probably travel as man and wife." Bean sighed. "I'm not going to marry you." "Just as camouflage." It had begun as hints but now it was quite open, her desire to marry him. "I'm not going to have children," he said. "My species ends with me." "I think that's pretty selfish of you. What if the first homo sapiens had felt that way? We'd all still be neanderthals, and when the Buggers came they would have blasted us all to bits and that would be that." "We didn't evolve from neanderthals," said Bean. "Well, it's a good thing we have that little fact squared away," said Petra. "And I didn't evolve at all. I was manufactured. Genetically created." "Still in the image of God," said Petra. "Sister Carlotta could say those things, but it's not funny coming from you." "Yes it is," said Petra. "Not to me." "I don't think I want to have your babies, if they might inherit your sense of humor." |
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