"Christopher Stasheff - Warlock 13 - Warlock's Last Ride" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stasheff Christopher)

"Ssssooo!" The word echoed all around the glade in a hiss and a moan, and Puck nodded, face
somber. "You joined them in search of relief from boredom, then. Do you truly wish to discover how to
care about others?"

"Do you wish to keep living?" Evanescent countered.

The wee folk growled warning, spreading out to surround the cat-headed alien.

"I wish to keep living, too," Evanescent said quickly, "but I know I shall end my own life and its
dreariness if I cannot learn what Gar and Alea know, what all their kind seem to know, perhaps even
yours: how to find a reason for living, to find it in other people—yes, even people they do not know at
all."

"And what will you do with this knowledge once you find it?" Puck demanded.

Evanescent stared, astounded that he should ask a question that had so obvious an answer. Then she
shrugged. "I shall live."

"You shall do more than that," Puck said, "or you shall have learned nothing." He gave her a
knowing smile, a nod, and turned away.

"We shall let her wander where she will, then?" an elf asked, frowning.

Puck nodded. "She is no threat to the folk of Gramarye, human or elfin, for she shall act only to
keep Magnus and Alea alive—and will thereby help them achieve their goals." He looked back at
Evanescent. "Is that not true, cathead?"

Evanescent frowned. 'True enough, bite-size. Indeed, there is some amusement in helping them
without their knowledge."

"And since we know Magnus will not undertake any evil purpose …" The elf left the sentence
hanging, still not happy.

"If he does, we shall speak to him most sternly," Puck returned, "though I cannot believe even ten
years of harsh encounters can have changed our Magnus so much."

"You think rightly," Evanescent assured him. "He seeks only to help others and strikes out solely in
his own defense—or to defend others. It is one more mystery to me—why he will strain so hard for
goals that gain him nothing."



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"Oh, he gains enough," Puck told her. "When you discover how his efforts enrich him, I shall be
glad to discuss the asininity of it with you. You are welcome to the freedom of this land, star-farer. Do
not abuse it."

Evanescent opened her mouth for a hot retort, then stared in amazement, for all the little people