"Matthew Woodring Stover - Caine 02 - Blade of Tyshalle" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stover Matthew Woodring)

—Aleister Crowley


The Book of the Law




A tale is told of twin boys born to different mothers.


One is dark by nature, the other light. One is rich, the other poor. One is
harsh, the other gentle. One is forever youthful, the other old before his time.


One is mortal.


They share no bond of blood or sympathy, but they are twins nonetheless.
 They each live without ever knowing that they are brothers. They each die
fighting the blind god.


ZERO


The only way I can explain why you'll never see me again is to tell you about
Hari.


This is how I visualize the conversation that ended up pushing me into Hari
Michaelson's life. I wasn't there—I don't know the details-but the images in my head
are vivid as a slap on the mouth; to be a good thaumaturge, your imagination must
be powerful and detailed—and I'm the best the Conservatory has ever produced.


This is how I see it:


"It's all here in the telemetry;" says Administrator Wilson Chandra, Chairman
of the Studio Conservatory. He wipes the sweat from his palms on the hem of his
Costanti chlamys and blinks through a stinging cloud of cigar smoke. He licks his
lips—they're thick, and always dry—as he looks down at the rows of trainee
magicians who meditate with furious concentration below. I'm not in that class, by
the way; these are beginners.


Chandra goes on: "He's doing very well on the academics, you know, he has a