alexandei: переводы

→I stared at her until she obeyed.

→Her eyes widened in alarm.

→"Coincidences, coincidences," I said. "Put the child down."

→"Yes," Justine said quietly.

→"So," I said quietly. "Lara Raith sent you to Mag’s people. He happened to abduct you. You happened to escape from him-despite the fact that he seemed to be holding other prisoners perfectly adequately-and you left carrying the child. And, upon emerging from Lake Michigan, you happened to be nearby, so you came straight here."

→I helped Hendricks into the safe room and dumped him on a bunk, out of any line of fire from the hallway. Justine took one look at his face and hurried over to the medical station, where she grabbed a first-aid kit. She rushed back to Hendricks’s side. She broke open the kit and started laying out the proper gear for getting a clear look at a bloody wound and getting the bleeding stopped. Her hands flew with precise speed. She’d had some form of training.

→Mag made a point to continue down the stairs at exactly the same pace. He was somewhat hampered in that several of the stairs had been torn up rather badly in the explosion, but he made it to the hallway. Gard took up a position in the middle of the hallway, her axe held straight up beside her in both arms like a baseball player’s bat.

→"Sir," Justine said.

→"We planned for this-or something very like it. We don’t split up now. End of discussion. Help me with Hendricks."

→"Sir," Justine said.

→"None that I know of," Gard admitted. "Which is not the same answer as ‘no.’ "

→"I was aware, thank you," I said. "Is there any reason the countermeasure shouldn’t work?"