Flinx 1 - Tar-Aiym Krang by Foster Alan Dean
Author:Foster, Alan Dean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Flinx 1 - Tar-Aiym Krang
CHAPTER TEN
Thus far there had been no trouble. The first sign of it came three ship-days safer.
Malaika was in Control, checking out co-ordinates with Wolf. In his cabin Truzenzuzex was rigid in a meditation trance. He utilized that technique whenever be wished to consider a problem involving extreme concentration. And sometimes just to relax. In that state he required less body energy. In the salon, Tse-Mallory was trying to explain the workings of a semantic puzzle to Flinx. Atha was nearby, attempting somewhatâ boredly to beat herself at the ancient and timeworn game Of Monopoly. She moved the obscure little idols and symbols in ways that Flinx had always found dully repetitive. Everything continued normally until Sissiph, bored and ejected from Control by the busy Malaika, stomped crankily into the room, a trail of translucent pseudolace flowing behind her.
âThis is a dull place! Dull, dull, dull! Like-like living in a coffin!â She fumed quietly for a few minutes. As no one deigned to notice her, she moved to a more central location. âWhat a collection! Two pilots, two brain cases, and a kid with a poisonous worm for a pet!â
Pipâs head lifted abruptly and the minidrag made an unfriendly motion in the girlâs direction. Flinx stroked the back of its head until it had relayed sufficiently for some of She tightness to leave the long muscles. His own response was mild as he considered the self-uacertainty/anger/coo-fusion in the girlâs mind.
âIt is a reptile, and bears no relation toâ¦â
âReptile! Worm! What difference does it make?â She pouted. âAnd Maxy wonât even let me watch while he plays with all those darling co-ordinates and standards and things! He says I âdistractâ him. Can you imagine? Distract him?â
âI canât imagine why it should either my dear,â murmured Atha without looting up from her game. Ordinarily Sissiph probably would havenât made anything of it. Back in Drallar sheâd had more than ample opportunity to inure herself to Athaâs sarcasm. But the combination of the long flight and her frustrations of the moment combined to make her turn. Her voice was tight.
âIs that supposed to be some kind of crack?â
Still Atha did not look up from her game. No doubt she expected Sissiph to brush off the remark as she usually did and go flouncing from the room in a dignified huff. She returned with a slang phrase
âTis truth, forsooth.â
âAnd your mouth,â rejoined Sissiph, parodying the words terribly, âis a bit too âloothâ!â She gave the game table a quick shove with a knee. Being portable and not bolted to the fabric of the ship, it toppled easily. Small metal objects and plastic cards sailed in all directions.
Atha closed her eyes tightly, not moving, and then slowly opened them again. She turned easily to stare at the Lynx, her eyes even with the other girlâs knees.
âI think, honey, that if weâre going to pursue this conversation, weâd do it better on a more equal level.â
Her forearm shot out and caught the surprised Sissiph behind the knees.
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