Pratchett, Terry - Discworld 17 - Interesting Times by Pratchett Terry

Author:Pratchett, Terry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2007-10-04T20:21:08+00:00

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Rincewind picked up the skull and returned the signal.

One tap came back.

He repeated it.

Then there were two.

He tapped twice.

Well, this was familiar. Communication without meaning . . . it was just like being back at Unseen University.

'Fine,' he said, his voice echoing in the cell. 'Fine. Très prisoner. But what are we saying?'

There was a gentle scraping noise and one of the blocks in the wall very gently slid out of the wall, dropping on to Rincewind's foot.

'Aargh!'

'What big hippo?' said a muffled voice.

'What?'

'Sorry?'

'What?'

'You wanted to know about the tapping code? It's how we communicate between cells, you see. One tap means—'

'Excuse me, but aren't we communicating now?'

'Yes, but not formally. Prisoners are not. . . allowed . . . to talk . . .' The voice slowed down, as if the speaker had suddenly remembered something important.

'Ah, yes,' said Rincewind. 'I was forgetting. This is . . . Hunghung. Everyone . . . obeys . . .

the rules . . .'

Rincewind's voice died away too.

On either side of the wall there was a long, thoughtful silence.

' Rincewind?'

' Twoflower?'

'What are you doing here?' said Rincewind.

'Rotting in a dungeon!'

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