"Norton, Andre - No night without stars" - читать интересную книгу автора (Andre Norton)

have you none among you who can foretell, who are able at times to see that
which has not yet happened but which will certainly come to pass?"
"We have the Rememberers. But they dream of the past, the future. The
Traders--they have said that they have heard of those who foresee, not backsee."
"Backsee?" Fanyi seemed startled. "What do they backsee, these Shamans of
yours?"
"Some of the Before things, but only small pieces," Sander had to admit. "We
came into this land after the Dark Time, and what they tell of is another part,
now sea covered. Mostly they remember our own Mob and a past that is ours
alone."
"That is a loss. Think what might be done if your backseers could uncover the
lost things. But it is much the same with us who foresee--such we can do for only
a short way. Thus, I know that we shall journey together, but little more than
that."
She spoke with such authority that Sander found himself unable to utter any
objection, though he was suspicious of that self-confidence of hers. It was too
evident that this Fanyi believed she was conferring some honor upon him by so
deciding. Yet there was sense in what she said--he had been traveling blindly. If
she indeed had some clue to a definite lost city, he would be far better served
to agree to her guidance than to simply wander on blindly.
"Very well." He now looked to her beasts. "But do those agree also? They seem to
me to be less certain of the wisdom of our joining forces than you are."
For the first time he saw her lips curve into a smile. "My friends become
theirs. And what of your furred one, Sander-smith?" She nodded to Rhin.
Sander turned to the koyot. He exercised no such control on Rhin as the girl
apparently did over her companions, nor could he. There was a form of
communication between man and koyot, but it was a tenuous one. He was not sure
himself just how deep it ran, nor how well in some circumstances it would work.
Rhin was willing to share his travels and was an efficient warner against
enemies. But whether the koyot would accept close companionship for days with
the strange beasts, that Sander had no way of telling.
Fanyi shifted her gaze slightly to meet the eyes of the taller of her furred
ones. After their stare had locked and held for a long moment the creature
dropped to forefeet and was gone at its back-humping gait, disappearing into the
tall grass. Its companion remained quietly where it was, but Fanyi came forward
now to turn the same intent gaze up into Rhin's bright eyes. Sander fidgeted,
again more than a little irritated at the girl. What right had she to impose her
will on his koyot, for that was what she was doing he was sure.
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Again she might have read his rebellious thought, for she spoke:
"I do not rule these other ones, smith. It is enough that they learn that we can
live together after a fashion, neither imposing wills upon another. My fishers
know that if I halt their actions by a will-thought, it is only with good
reason. And there are times when I accept their desire as quickly as they do
mine. We are not master-slave. No--we are comrade with comrade. That is the way