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."We won't be doing any hiking, willwe?"He swallowed."No.""Oh, dear," she said, "I'll bet you didn't have any sisters.""No.Why?""It's obvious that you're not used to seeing a lady being casual in herundress.""No." He made an effort that surprised him."But feel free " He gulped."I mean, well."She laughed in delight."You remind me of my brother, old Josh.He was alwaysyelling at me to put on some decent clothing.""I am not yelling."She winked."But you're blushing.""And enjoying," he said.She lifted her arms high, slipped into a simple little sheath dress that cameto a point just above her knees."I am ready," she announced.They were approaching the car park when the director hailed them."Where do you think you're going, Sheba?" Frank demanded."Sightseeing," Sheba said."Our insurance does not cover flight in private aircars," Frank said."Mine does," Sheba said."Sheba, I'm warning you," the director said."Frank, I have a commercial license," Vinn said."That automatically makes theaircar a public carrier.""You see, love," Sheba said, "there's nothing to worry about."Inside the aircar, as she settled in and fastened the safety harness sheasked, "Really?""Really what?""Are you really licensed?""Oh, yeah.Unlimited, as a matter of fact.""Anywhere, anytime, any size vessel?""I think that's the way it reads.""I'm impressed anew," she said."When did you manage to find time to study andget the field experience for that?""Well, I got my private license when I was in secondary school.I picked upsome navigation hours in college, on field trips.And then I signed on asthird mate on a deep space miner for a two year hitch to finish out therequired hours.""How old are you?" she asked."Thirty-five.""Buster, either you're stretching the truth or you were an early starter,"she said, disarming the challenge with one of her finest smiles."I entered Xanthos U.at fourteen," he said, as he fed power into the fluxdrive of the aircar and lifted it smoothly up and away in a soaring arc.The desert began no more than four hundred miles from the location site.ThePage 30 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmljungle became thinner, was degraded into savanna bushland, and then, justbeyond a tall, rocky range of mountains that stored any stray drop of moisturein eternal snows there was the harshness of aridity.Barren sands and jutting buttes and mesas gave up the glory of their brilliantcolors to the setting sun.Vinn slowed the aircar, lowered until they werecrawling along just above the rocky terrain.The colorful upthrusts of thelandscape towered above them."So beautiful," Sheba whispered."Pick a spot.We'll land and have our picnic.""There," she said, pointing to a parched, rocky mesa."We should have a fineview."With the sun low the heat of the desert diminished to the level of comfort.With the coming of twilight it would be quite chill.Sheba spread the clothfrom the picnic basket, set out the goodies that Vinn had provided, led theway in diving into them with enthusiastic "Ummms" and other brilliant commentssuch as "ahhhh," and even, "good."Vinn, too, found his appetite.The sun sank lower.Sheba shivered andVinn leapt to his feet to drape a warm wrap around her shoulders.He was stillon his feet when Sheba lifted her arm, pointed, and said, "Wow, look."A blaze of fire was sweeping across the cloudless sky from east to west towardthe setting sun.Sheba jumped up, put her arm around Vinn's waist.It was overin a few seconds.The fiery object seemed to be coming directly toward them.It flashed by overhead and the sonic boom jarred them, reverberated in thearid valley below."There's going to be one hell of an impact," Vinn whispered, but even as hespoke the object arced upward, drove toward the blue dome of sky, anddisappeared."Some damned fool just burned off a few hundred thousand credits worth ofinsulation," Vinn said."Wow," Sheba said, her arm still around Vinn."Well, there's still dessert," Vinn said.She ate the frozen delicacy slowly, licking the spoon with evident enjoyment.The sun was below the horizon but left a lingering farewell in the form of ablazing red sky.Sheba finished her dessert, sighed with satisfaction, snuggedthe shawl around her."Thank you," she said."That sunset is the nicest gift I've had lately.""It is I who should thank you," he said."Oh, well, if you want me to arrange another spectacular sunset for you, justlet me know.""For coming with me," he explained.He spread his hands."I still can'tbelieve it.Me, having a picnic with Sheba Webster.You and I have grown uptogether, but with you on the holoscreen.I saw you first when I was sixteen.I spent hours in the library searching out all the films in which youappeared, and I haven't missed one since."She laughed."Good Lord, you saw my early efforts and you still like me?""Your acting ability developed steadily.Your beauty just ripened, pilingflawlessness atop perfection [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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