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The evil Gnum blinked his eyes and looked at me in surprise.- Well? I asked. - Did your Datura bowl turn out?- Ka-a-aps! he whispered admiringly, concentrating on flipping through the message logs. - Estimate, one hundred and fifteen points of Specialty! ..- And twenty-three - Crafts? I asked. He nodded and I whistled. - And how much could you chew?“Sixty-two,” he said, and added sadly. - And the Craft, respectively, only rose by twelve.“Good too,” I said. — Do you know what? he shook his head. “I swam in your fountain, and I also got a little…- Glasses? he wondered. - Wow! You just don’t refuse them,” he interrupted me before I could open my mouth. - I earned them with sweat and blood!- Well, yes, eyes, there ... - I looked into his eyes, opened my mouth and closed it again. The evil Gnum became alarmed, dug out a mirror from somewhere under his beard, into which he usually looked when combing his beard, looked into it and gasped.- Here is your anhydride manganese peroxide! h
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"Come on, go away, damn it!" I got angry.“Three wishes, master,” reminded Sirena, who had already put her ass on the edge of the barrel, pinched her nose with two fingers and flopped into the water, like a professional diver, backwards. Finally, the tail splashed, dousing me with water, and it disappeared, as if it had never happened. Flute chuckled and shook her head.“Your water is kind of cloudy,” I remarked, going up to the barrel and shaking the dregs with my hand.- For catching fish - that's it, - Flute answered jovially. - Take your hand away, otherwise, not even an hour, they will bite off!I hurriedly put my hand behind my back, wiping the back of my jacket. The float jumped and sank, and Flute, recklessly jumping up, pulled the fishing line towards herself, and when a toothy muzzle with bulging eyes and some kind of stalk on it appeared from the water, famously hooked, sending the fish flying to the companions. Immediately, a radiance enveloped her, and she disappeared for
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I grabbed his wrist and made a Leap with him and Alena, who did not even think about letting go of my shoulder. Finding himself in a different place, Darius lost his bearings out of habit and began to look around dumbfounded, not even trying to break free. I counted down the reload and jumped again. Here. Five hundred meters in five seconds. Let him now try to beat my time.A gigantic ship hung over us like a huge, terrible boulder. Close up, small scratches and dents on the surface were visible - either from enemy shots, or from space debris. I released Darius and moved away from Alena:"I'm sorry, honey, I need space."I walked a few more steps and took a droid egg out of my bag. That is - how, "got it"? It fell out and rattled to the ground, almost crushing me, because the weight in it was still a few centners - I only managed to bounce. The second lay next to it. Darius' face was filled with astonishment, mingled with awe. He couldn't say a word for excitement. A few more people r
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“By starting to believe in miracles,” Elune suggested. - Understand? Believe."I'm…ready," he breathed, looking into her eyes. Kamal, frozen in admiration, looked at the ship, which was first shrouded in a bluish haze, and then began to rise up, releasing its nose from earthly imprisonment, in which it had spent a century and a half. The inhabitants of the town unanimously poured out, watching how the giant, obscuring the sky, again lies on the carefully leveled ground, laid in a form in which its contours fit, as if he was born in this cradle. When the Shamrock lay down and froze, the crew burst into shouts of joy and applause.“This is such a small miracle,” Alena commented.“Well, anyway, comrades,” I tried to interrupt the awkward pause, during which one side kept trying to fall to its knees again, and the other pretended that nothing special had actually happened, “what’s next?”Darius gathered himself and began to speak:“Now we have three droids. They sent me a preliminary repo
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"Are you mad at Priestess?" I guessed.“Yes, I was terribly angry,” she confirmed. And my time is running out."Don't worry about it," I tried to calm her down. - The world did not converge like a wedge in real life.She pulled away and looked into my eyes.“I just want you to really love me,” she said. - Like a Flute, like ... But I can’t - an emotional outburst will kill me! You and I are still not...The flute behind her looked at her dumbfounded, and I, apparently, had no better video recorder.“Wait,” I said, “but what about our “solitudes” with you?“No jokes with time, Shaman,” she said sadly. All this is happening in your imagination and mine. What is REM sleep?I froze. Every time it was so ... real, so real, and now she tells me that we practically did it with each other's brain. I leaned over and squeezed her in my arms, tearing her off the bed.“Sorry,” I said. - And I, the fool, did not even bother with this question. Sorry!The flute behind her also knelt and clung to he
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I grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her up, holding her in front of me.“You are the most dear person to me,” I said. “I never give a damn what you think."Let me go," she begged grimly. Instead, I pulled her to me and hugged her. “Well, okay, that’s not bad either,” she agreed, wrapping her arms around me. “Tell me, are you ready to part with… with the others, since I am so dear to you?”My heart sank. Break up with Eva and Natalie? Even if they decide to leave on their own… And they may well, given the composition of the meeting committee… It will just break my heart. I love them both."Yes," I said in an unwavering voice. “You are dear to me, and I am ready to part with them.She looked into my honest eyes. I knew for sure that nothing was reflected on my face at that moment, but I could not appease the treacherous heart that was pounding in my ears like a tocsin. Alena gently stroked the top of my head."Nice try," she said sadly. - But, you see, it was destined for me to sp
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No one has tried this drink besides me, and I am only in the game. In some ways, it resembled that golden ambrosia that Elune sometimes treated me to, although it was no comparison. Ambrosia hit immediately on feelings, and Special Imperial - through associative links. When I drank it when I was Emperor, for some reason I remembered Natalie's eyes and Eve's hair. Now Alena's perky smile and Elune's aura of radiance have been added. From one sip, I immediately felt good, as if I had landed in paradise. The diners and the butler froze next to me with dreamy faces.- Awesome! whispered Alevtina Fyodorovna. — What is it, Dima?“A little bit of a miracle,” I smiled.“He’s a magician,” Alina remarked, unsuccessfully trying to drive a happy expression from her face."It's true, it's a miracle," Ivanov confirmed with a serious face.Gradually, under the "Special" and a million carefully prepared and served snacks, a leisurely conversation ensued. No one tried to force me into it, and I just s
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“Magic, Shaman, does not appear in a vacuum,” she explained. “The power of the Goddess does not come from nowhere. If you want magic, you have to work hard. If you want to help your Goddess, then you need to accomplish a feat. Show that you are ready to do the impossible for her...Without giving me a chance to say anything more, she opened a portal and disappeared. I looked at Alena in confusion."Don't worry," she patted my shoulder. - If it is necessary, then it is necessary!“Okay,” I nodded. “When you get out, refill the cartridges for me, okay?”"Aren't you going to leave the game at all?" she rolled her eyes.“No,” I shook my head. “You are right—something important is happening and my Goddess needs help.- Which one? she smiled.“The one with the pointy ears,” I replied to her smile. “Listen… Do you remember that girl I skated in Anhurs?”“I remember the girl,” she nodded. - I don't remember the name.- Rastilan. I asked your father to bring her next week…” I said.- Why? Alen