at 5:00. He could have used one and gone back to 5:00. He could be in one of them right now. I say we shut them off and see if he's in there. Were you planning on talking to him? Just tell me if you were. I'm not going to be mad. No, I promise you. You know I wouldn't. Are you sure you wouldn't? You're the one he can't get near without passing out. There is no way I would tell anyone about this. No way. - Can you think of any reason you might? - No. Sometimes we do things but don't know how we got to that point. - No, I can't. - Can't what? I can't think of any reason why I would. Well, I can't either. What if it was an emergency? - So you'd do it if it was an emergency? - No, I don't know. What, so you might then? I don't know. What kind of emergency? The permutations were endless. They tried again going to the source... but even while keeping him separated from Abe by two rooms... Ask him his name. ...Granger's condition could only be described as vegetative. What did he say? From this they deduced that the problem was recursive... but beyond that, found themselves admitting, against their own nature... and once again, that the answer was unknowable. - What do you think he changed? - Not much. We didn't have any contact with him in the 3 hours he could've done anything. I know he changed this. I know we weren't having this conversation the first time... so you don't know what we lost. It really could not have been much. It doesn't matter how much. It just matters that it's changed. I know what you're saying. The question should have been... what to do with the comatose man in the guest bedroom. But in Abe's mind he was already compiling the list. Two mg of oral triazolam... every seven hours induces a safe sleep state and a minimal metabolic rate. At this continued state of rest... the human body breathes 0.3 liters of oxygen a minute... or roughly 2,000 liters in four days. A Class E oxygen tank holds 625 liters. To maintain hydration... the body cycles through a minimum of two-and-a-half liters of water per day. Any food would be a luxury... but the small tank of medical grade nitrous oxide... would be needed on the other side. Past the room that contained their machines and up two levels... he made his way to another room... where he had stored what I will refer to from here on as the Failsafe Machine. There he is. I've been calling you all morning. Really? Your cell and work. I'm not there. Really? I don't even know what. I'm just tired. I hope you're not implying that any day is unimportant at Cortex Semi. I was going to come give you this big speech about how we've been... friends for a long time and built up trust, that whole thing. But how about this instead? If you ditch work this afternoon and promise to do the few small things I ask you... I will in return show you the most important thing... that any living organism has ever witnessed. At this point there would have been some discussion. Abe would, of course, want to know how. Aaron would have to explain all about the storage manifest... and how it showed two rooms under the name Abram Terger. Then Abe would need to know how. Aaron would explain that when he went up there... and found the Failsafe running... he knew exactly what it was. But Abe would ask how. And then the bit about the modular design of the coffins... and how it meant he could fold one up and take it back inside another. They are not one-time use only. They are recyclable, Aaron would say. How, Abe would ask. And Aaron would describe how simple things become... when ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Вертихвостки 2 на английском - текст Бременские музыканты на английском - текст Отец Сергий на английском - текст Роджер и я на английском - текст Онг-Банк: Тайский Воин на английском |