Perry Rhodan NEO: Volume 16 Part 1 by Hermann Ritter Michelle Stern

Author:Hermann Ritter, Michelle Stern
Language: eng
Format: epub

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The Fruit of Distraction

The Web

Tatiana Michalovna fiddled with her cloak. “I look ridiculous.”

Anne Sloane scrutinized the petite telepath from top to bottom. Then she raised her hand and stroked the velvet fabric. She took a step back and took another longer look at Tatiana. “It’s not exactly flattering, I admit. But it’s not ridiculous.”

Tatiana raised her eyebrows as she looked at herself in the mirror. “I think it’s ridiculous and not at all flattering. I don’t really know what to do with it.”

At that moment, Crest da Zoltral entered the room. The Arkonide had taken over the leadership of the small group in the last few days. Together they had explored the Web, the space station of the Mehandor, which orbited the ice world of Snowman. When a group of ships from the Arkonide Empire had suddenly approached the station and demanded the surrender of the Tosoma, Perry Rhodan had not complied. A fight ensued in the course of which the Tosoma was shot down.

Anyone else would have been broken by not knowing what had become of Rhodan and Thora. But not Crest. His cell activator probably also improved his psychological stability.

Many crew members had remained on the Web when the Tosoma had been forced to cast off, but only Crest and his two companions had managed to hide from their captors. Tatiana, who had spent a lot of time with Crest, hardly recognized the old man. He was filled with an energy she couldn’t explain. Maybe it was only because of the strange device that he never parted with. Tatiana had even watched him enter the cleaning cell almost naked two days ago—almost naked, because he was still clutching it in his hand.

“Ladies,” Crest opened the conversation, “I don’t think it matters whether Tatiana looks good in a D’linga’s wedding dress or not. It is important to note that women there are required to cover half of their face and body in colorful fabrics for the last nine days before the wedding. After all, it solves our problem of how to bring Tatiana to a place where she can use her gifts without being recognized.”

Then Crest turned to Anne. “And we’ll find something for you, too, that’s as colorful as it is concealing.”

“A second wedding dress,” Anne suggested.

“No,” Crest replied. “A bride and otherwise just a companion. These are the laws of the D’linga, if I can trust the information we have drawn from the Web’s data network. That’s what it said there, and that’s how we should do it. If you want to check, all you have to do is call up the data at the point that I read there myself. The best camouflage is always to stick to things that really exist.”

“And what does that mean to me?” Anne asked the old Arkonide.

“Well...” Crest thought for a moment. “No second dress. But a little makeup to adjust your skin tone. We should do something about the hair, then you will be more or less inconspicuous.”

“But isn’t the whole Web looking for us?” Anne sounded skeptical.

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