Quest. The Drummer's Soul. All the parts. Complete collection

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– What is happening now in the Keel nebula, such processes are issued by the "Blue Dwarf", shines as never before.

"Yes," said Tikhon, pouring out a second Cup of tea, " I often see it in the southern sky." It really shines beyond the limit.

Isaiah looked at the other man with an admiring gaze, took a SIP, then said, leaning back on the sofa.

"I can't stop admiring your choice, Tikhon. And you picked a very good place. Nowhere is the development of life and honor more evident at the present moment than on Earth.

– Yes, I did not lose the choice of place.

"I've watched you make your choice several times. It is easy to reason outside the system, and very entertaining to watch, but only outside the system. When you are inside it, "life" very often outweighs all that we really are. I was very aware of this when I was in human form. This is not only observed on Earth.

"I remember it from the Phaeton.

"It was a beautiful planet. But it was in the same solar system, and I'm talking about others, those in other galaxies. Where three or four suns give life to their planets, where there is no sun at all.

"I've heard of places like this, maybe I'll visit again."

– At your current level of consciousness, you can do it right now.

"I can, but I won't."

"I knew you'd say that." I'll take another wheel?

"At least two!"

Isaiah helped himself. They were silent for a while.

– Blows of fate… how accurately you managed to translate them into music. People can hear you… Isaiah said amiably again.

Drummers – this is a special creators. Very few people know what is really behind each stroke of the master's wands.

"You're right, it's only a few people. At least it was before you.

"I bring to this world not only certain vibrations, but also feelings.

"I can hear you far beyond Earth, believe me.

– Believe.

"Or do I know?"

"One doesn't interfere with the other."

– Rather… Your rhythms excite not only people, I often hear discussions among "their" on your account.

– Well, I hope this is a positive discussion? At least for the most part?

– What's positive for you?

"I sometimes forget who I'm talking to.".. you're right. The fact that my rhythms deserve the attention of the "brothers" is already a great thing.

"What you do is a great thing in itself, and the way you do it is admirable. I admit I'm one of your fans.

– Unless the observer does not have to be neutral?

– I'm in a human body now, so let's put my sympathy down to production costs.

– You can write off a lot of things.

Isaiah smiled. Tikhon smiled back, then leaned back on the sofa and asked:

"You didn't come just to sing my praises, did you?"

– Naturally. You do your job, I do mine.

– What did the observer see in my actions that requires correction?

– I wouldn't call it that fundamentally…

"And yet?"

"I wouldn't recommend that you leave town right now."

– Is my project flawed in some way?

– The scheme is very precisely verified, there are no questions about it, the matter is different.

– Bartholomew?

– Yeah.

– He has already settled in this place for a long time, is it worth making adjustments because of him?

"This time, Yes.

– Is it activated?

Isaiah threw up his hands.

"Really?"

Isai nodded.

Well, finally. The signal is received. Thank you, Isaiah. Always happy to see you. Okay, so we'll play the fork again.

"Maybe more than once," Isaiah corrected.

"Maybe more than once.".. Tikhon agreed with a glint in his eyes, the light of which Isaiah noted as a novelty.

Still, after all, such a glow in the eyes of Earthlings he had not seen before, and civilizations for which such a light is the norm, are tens of thousands of light years from Earth…

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– Hello, Teacher, – with these words to Bartholomew entered one of his confidants, Tao.

"How did it go?"

– At first everything went according to plan, the girl quite simply got into the house and got down to business. I chose a good location, the cameras recorded everything. But at a certain point, something happened. When it became obvious that Gideon had solved our puzzle, I gave the go-ahead to the automatons.

Bartholomew listened intently, looking intently into Tao's eyes.

– The RIOT police know their business, which is why I connected the Colonel to this issue. They riddled the house, leaving no chance of escape.

"I know that Gideon is still alive, and I can feel him, and he is somewhere near. Stop beating around the Bush, why hasn't the task been completed? the Abbot said sternly, but with restraint.

Tao put the briefcase he had been holding on the table, opened it, and took out the girl's belongings.

– This is all that's left of Tatiana. It was as if Gideon didn't exist at all. Here are the recordings from the beacon and the video recording.

"To hell with this mischief, you know that the so-called dirt was just an excuse to get the girl to act and distract the target."

"That's right," Tao agreed, " but a curious thing has come to light. There is no video recording, not a single frame in which Gideon was caught. And the recording from the beacon during listening showed only the girl's voice, although we clearly heard his voice at the time of recording and understood everything that happened there before the attack.

"All right, leave the material here, and you can go."

"Will there be any new instructions, Master?"

– And the point is to give them to you if they are not fulfilled…

Tao lowered his head guiltily.

"I'll call you later." Stop!

The assistant paused in the doorway.

Analyst: where's he going? He met Tikhon, didn't he?

– Met. Now decides the consequences of the meeting.

The Abbot chuckled:

"Did our firstborn give him a hard time?"

– I melted the car into two parts. It was a new car. Well, I went to choose a new one.