STARTED TO FADE IN THE

Hejvig and its half-dozens of friends stood at morning New, 1077 of continuous existence Eerii. Stars brightly sparkled in the western part of the sky, but have already started to fade in the east. In illusive light bricks of walls and towers, the glasses of windows covered with hoarfrost cobble-stones of a roadway were seen. The extraordinary silence reigned over the world as if all sounds have died out on this frost which at breath pinched from time to time a throat and lungs.
Suddenly Arlo has felt fear. It has seized for a dart and hardly has not lost balance. For an instant his face was put out from a water stream, and he has seen a precipice.
– I of anything to it have not told. The truth could damage only to it. It always was the ingenuous girl openheartedly. It has absolutely easy accepted my explanations concerning a new name. And never asked me about affairs as understood, that when I with it, me would not be desirable to think of affairs at all. And it was right.
Arlo was going to distract a monster, but it has appeared in difficult position. For some time it could escape from a dragon, turning off in crossed tunnels, – the weight and speed did a dragon by less mobile, than Arlo. But so could not proceed eternally – and it would not rescue wounded to the Hell. When the dragon will lag behind from Arlo, it becomes its extraction – this time zamiranie on a place him will not deceive! Why the little girl has not escaped, while it had such possibility?
The Krasitsky has fulfilled the promise and has made Xenia's prick, but has made ineptly, and she has screamed from a pain.
Whether it is valid so the difference between the person and an animal is great, guessed Arlo. Norny, the salamander and doctor Bedokur caused at Arlo certain reactions just as Arlo has caused now reaction in a pseudo-horse. It is not enough one reason to outwit these reactions, differently he would manage to rescue to the Hell, having ignored all distracting circumstances on the way.

Leonsa has screamed. Hejvig hardly has had time to seize it before it has disappeared, moving in the past.
He did not think, that this desire simply to revenge Xenia's murderers. Leonsa has supported it as any woman of a glacial age rises near to the man. He recognised, that to some extent it is right.
Both of them did not love visitors though Hejvigu from time to time it was necessary to invite in the house of the partners and agents. But Xenia then disappeared in the room. Fortunately, it was at that time not accepted, that the mistress was present at such meetings. However if its friends then Hejvigu it was necessary to disappear on a visit came. After all it was John Andersen, another's in this country.
At Hejviga there was no huge army. The group consisted of three thousand persons. Also women there entered. It was too much to hold them on one intermediate base as various hearings could reach the enemy and guard him. Therefore small groups have been scattered on different eram, and now all has come to movement. All groups began to gather to a starting point.
In this area of caves there were no other people, except Atona, Kokeny, Arlo, doctors Bedokura yes several zombies! However Aton seconds did not fluctuate.

Certainly, it was uneasy. They have spent many years in preparation. It has allowed them to adjust relations and among themselves. When I have seen them next time, they already behaved under the relation to each other, as for a long time married happy pair. And nevertheless it was a hard time for both.
– Something else? – Now Arlo has got agitated. It had a thin scent on adventures («You have inherited it from the father!» – liked to speak Kokena, vzeroshivaja its red hair) and gift of the excellent walker. («From mother», – would tell, winking, Aton). Strange business, after all Kokena walks did not favour also all time sat out in rasslabljajushche to a warm cave near a boiling stream.
– I do not have sister! – has shouted Arlo, jumping aside. – why you do not answer my questions? Why from me hides Hton? Why turns away hveja? Who this girl of the Hell?
Hejvig began to move slowly forward in time. When behind a window it became absolutely light, it has stopped, has accurately corrected the cut cable that the cut has not been swept up, and began to wait. Never before time did not last so slowly.
– The policy, men Perhaps will suffice, – she has told. – decorate with smiles the pious expressions. Today Xenia's birthday. Unless you have forgotten?

Arlo has quickly estimated the possibilities. It is possible to throw it in the river, to alloy to the nearest kitomeduze. Kitomeduza the average sizes it is capable to swallow in some hours a skeleton. But the Hell it was still live and, despite troubles which it to it delivered, he did not want, that she has died. Not including adults, friends at it never was. Now he has understood, how they did not suffice it.
– And stories have been published, – with a guilty kind I have told Hejvigu. – it is interesting, that in some stories he even has managed to foretell that I have learnt from you only later, for example struggle of the government against those who tries to revive machine technology. What if agents Eerii leave on your trace?
But it was not its own fear. Here, keeping balance, he felt in safety. In that safety which in general is possible in caves.
The city with the spikes directed in the sky and gracefully rounded off domes was empty. The invisible barrier has for a short while detained them. They have moved forward in time, yet have not seen in air the ship. Then they have stopped.

– Yes, yes, – it has sobbed. – as though I would like to get there and to get acquainted with this girl … If it has presented to you such happiness … But it is impossible, I know. Well, I will wait, Jack, I will wait, how many it is required …
Arlo has reached the central cave. Here, having buried in powerful folds of a skin, the dragon slept. Even laying it was time in two above Arlo. However, standing it almost same: paws at it short, and the trunk at run is extended. Stank here fairly – everything, the cave floor is filled up by a sewage. The snore of a dragon reminded howl in distant tunnels-vozduhoduvkah.
Hence, those who has had ti me to run from us, were not vysokomoralnymi people, and the only thing of what they thought, it about rescue of own skin. I do not think, that such people without money, without formation can live easy in any epoch of the civilised world. No, the only thing where they could sit out, – so it among wild tribes. There they can become sorcerers, prophets.
To realise it, Arlo any time as, except parents and Bedokura, he seldom saw other representatives of the kind was required. Others were on pictures in DZL, therefore Arlo knew, that they exist, – but those have been dressed.