Farnham's Legend: The beginning of the X-Universe saga (X Games Book 1) by Kautz Helge T

Author:Kautz, Helge T. [Kautz, Helge T.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: EGOSOFT GmbH
Published: 2016-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

Evidence militates in favour of the theory that there once has been life on P62-13. But where is it now? I really wish we could land to investigate. Ondronov seems worried.

Dr. Juri Kawashima

From the Logbook of the Winterblossom

"Now, colleague?" the Teladi inquired. "You wanted to show me something. Instead, you're staring at this writing for half a Mizura." He winked cunningly. Surly this Gui/tar meant something to the Argon – more than he wanted to admit – and that would cost additional credits!

"I'm sorry." Elena answered. She squatted, one knee to the ground and placed the guitar in playing position on the other. Her thumb ran over the strings. The instrument wasn't tuned, but someone had had it in their hands much more recently than seven hundred years ago, had cared for it and put new strings on it; probably not longer than five or six years previous. And certainly this wouldn't have been this grasping saurian looking down on her.

With skilled hands, she tuned the old instrument and strummed a few simple chords. How did it go? She had learned it once and hadn't been bad, but had not practiced for too many years. Well, right – now she had it! She played the opening chords of the Stardust Symphony and sang the first verse of the lyrics:

Stars of dust: ice crystals of silver, rain of gold.

Stars of dust: twinkling diamonds as old as the suns.

Stars of dust: myriad worlds in the countenance of void.

Stars of dust: day and night eternally entwined.

She looked up to the Teladi who gazed into the distance with an unreadable expression on his face.

"That's beautiful", an unmistakably human voice said from behind. Elena peered over her shoulder to see a tall, slender man with curly, blonde hair. She stood up and handed the instrument back to the eager claws of the Teladi.

"My name is Ferd Harling", the man said in accent-free ancient Neo-japanese. "Why don't you play a little more? The Stardust Symphony is one of the most beautiful classical pieces!"

"You know it?" Elena asked surprised.

"But of course! Partly at least. My mother used to sing it to me when I was a boy."

The Teladi pushed between Elena and the man, before they could even shake hands. "Now then, honourable colleague, what do you think will be an adequate price for this beautiful piece of art?"

"It's not a piece of art, I told you that. It's a guitar."

"Tshh! That it's a gui/tar isn't exactly news to me! But what's a gui/tar if not a work of art?"

"An instrument used to produce art," Ferd Harling interjected.

That made the Teladi think. A tool to produce artwork was of course less valuable than a work of art itself. Pity! "What kind of art?" he asked.

"Oh - a sales lizard who believes to be able to tell apart different art forms. Remarkable!" Ferd sneered at the Teladi.

"Tshhhhhh! So do you want to buy it, or do you not, honourable Argons?"

Elena had to have the instrument, it had

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