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Chapter 25
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Rustling the folds of his shapeless asphalt-colored robe that completely covered his body, the monk bowed low, stopping at the ordered seat.
"Your visit is a blessing to us. Every guest, a chance to be in his presence." The gray monk's lifeless and monotonous voice had...
Chapter 24
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It was the same again. The glittering enfilades of the palace halls, the Emperor's aide-de-camp with a perpetually tired face, the luxurious and empty waiting room, the only difference - this time, he was alone. The princess must have learned about his forthcoming visit to...
Chapter 23
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The gas giant that filled two-thirds of the huge window slowly melted into a silver shadow as the sun rose. The thin needles of the distant towers already glittered gold at their tops, but just below, the predawn twilight still reigned, tinged with the lights of the central...
Chapter 22
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"I keep hoping it's just such an invitation to visit." Krain grinned wryly. He was sitting in a chair. His arms were bound behind his back, and the high backrest forced him to bend forward.
"It is." Alex nodded, closing the door tightly behind him, and after waiting for...
Chapter 21
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You get used to everything eventually, even the impossible and unacceptable. That winged expression came back to Taer's mind again and again.
Everything around her was shaky, reality shook and scattered in a kaleidoscope of options when she tried to focus on something, but...
Chapter 20
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"Are you sure there aren't any cameras in there?" Alex asked, staring nervously at the screen.
The yellow light of the street lamps caught the statues on low pedestals and the black paved pedestrian zone of the alley, squeezed between the rows of giant trees of unknown...
Chapter 19
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"The analysis of the flyer's navigation unit allowed us to reconstruct Baron Assaro's route on the day of his death." The well-pitched voice of the Captain of House Faron's own Intelligence easily broke through the hiss of the cooling sleeves and insistently tried to capture...
Chapter 18
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Taer didn't quite know where she was or what her body was doing. She was in an endless Fenot delirium. Reality trembled, moving around her and scattering under her gaze, splitting into thousands of variations as if in a kaleidoscope. Was she talking to someone? At least she...
Chapter 17
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Waking up was strange. There was no distinction between oblivion and consciousness, neither darkness nor light. Just Alex realized at some point that he was looking at the ceiling. It was an ordinary ceiling, almost white with a faint golden sparkle, slightly curved with a...
Chapter 16
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The emerald waves rolled onto the pearly beach with a quiet rustle. And after licking it they went back, melting in the green sea, playing with the reflections of the low sun.
Another kick sent a plume of pearls into the flight, and they dropped in a pearly hail into the...
Chapter 15
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"It's cold." Alex exhaled, and the wicked prickly wind greedily snatched away the white wisps of his breath, playing with them among the sparse scarlet drops of stars and technical lights under the dark metallic skies. All that remained of the real sky was a bright streak...
Chapter 14
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As the bots broke out of the atmosphere and the sky on the viewscreens filled with darkness and the pearly glitter of stars, the deafening roar in the cabin subsided to just a loud howl. This already allowed for communication, but still not very comfortable. Fortunately, the...
Chapter 12
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"If you'll excuse me." A resounding voice cut into the monotonous speech about "average weekly operating costs". The speaker stuttered as if choking on his words, and fell silent, establishing a resounding silence in the hall. The eyes of the audience turned to the miniature...
Chapter 13
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"Thus, the councils of the First Blades, or the Ruling Lord's representative, submit petitions directly to the First Lord of the High Side." Nadine Pell's voice echoed through the Admiralty's Great Hall of Councils, a gloomy room with high vaulted ceilings and black marble...
Chapter 11
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"I'm alive." She heard herself wheezing and opened her eyes.
She was lying on the floor in the fetal position in her own bathroom. The door to the bedroom was open, revealing an untidy bed with the blankets piled up, the medicine cabinet gutted, and medicine packets...
Chapter 10
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She had lost her ability to see before she even touched the floor. Her eyes were simply too tiny a source of information, like a candle flame in a flooded spotlight, too small to be discerned. Her renewed mind was filled with the icy glow of knowledge. Like a blindingly...
Chapter 9
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Over the capital, it was raining again, or rather a fine drizzle, and all the light sources in it turned into long stretched streaks. Here were the navigation lights that burst into view with sharp strokes, as if they would freeze for a moment, only to disappear again in a...
Chapter 8
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Their journey through the palace did not take long. The platform glided silently through the mirror-gold kaleidoscope of endless corridors and halls, and the princess was clearly not in the mood for conversation after the divination. Soon more colors of red copper and shiny...
Chapter 7
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The large, glowing projection of the galaxy, riddled with colored sectors, blinked out, and the "conference room" was once again in darkness, leaving only a brightly lit long table of slightly rough gray metal and nine men in dazzling white admiral uniforms seated around them...
Chapter 6
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Time is a strange thing. The heavy, thick curtains were pulled wide open, and the pale blue light of the moon filled the bedroom. Bright and unreal at the same time, it cast a ghostly silver on the polished sides of the furniture, making the room look like a painting in...