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.When it hit, it would make quite a splash.Someof the "debris" would be entire trees bigger than redwoods.Gaby knew it wouldnot be a problem since it was relatively unaffected by atmospheric frictionand would tend to fall to the west.Page 102 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThey put their backs into it, even when the expected breeze developed, andwatched the storm descending.It fell for hours, met the sea, and began toooze out like an inverted mushroom cloud.They began to encounter waves and stray gusts that whipped the tough fabric ofthe sail.Gaby could see the rain approaching, hear the steady hissing getlouder.When it hit, it was like a wall of water.What her father had called a"frog-strangler" a long time ago.The wind was not as bad as she had feared, but she knew it could get muchworse.They were still a kilometer from land.Those who were not rowing beganusing the poles to feel for the bottom.When they found it, the Titanides leftthe oars to the humans and began poling the raft toward shore.Beaching it wasgoing to be tricky since there were waves two meters high by now, but therewere no rocks or reefs to worry about.Soon Hornpipe jumped into the waterwith a rope, swam to shore, and began hauling.Gaby was beginning to think it was going to be routine after all when a wavecrested the stern and swept Robin into the water.Chris was nearest; he jumpedinto the water and quickly reached her.Gaby went to help him get back aboard,but he decided it would be easier at that point to take Robin straight to thebeach.He rode the waves into shallow water, helped her stand up, and theyboth were knocked down by a big breaker.For a moment Gaby could not findthem; thenChris came up with Robin in his arms and carried her up beyond the reach ofthe surf.He set her on her feet, and she promptly went to her knees,coughing, but waving him away.The Titanides got Constance onto the beach and spent five minutes dancingthrough the increasingly angry waves to get everything off.The sail waswhipped away when they tried to take it down.Otherwise, everything wassalvaged."Well, we came through that with some luck," Cirocco said when they had founda campsite on high ground with plenty of trees to break the wind."Anythinglost, aside from the sail?""One side of my pack came open," Valiha said."There was water damage, andChris's tent rests with the fishes now." She looked so mournful that Chriscouldn't help laughing."He can double up with me," Robin said.Gaby had not expected that.She eyedRobin, who did not look up from the cup of hot coffee in her hands.She satclose to the small fire the Titanides had built, a blanket over her shoulders,looking like a drowned rat."I imagine you critters will want to stay in the tents this time," Ciroccosuggested, looking from one Titanide to the other."If you critters will have us," Psaltery said."Though I suspect you're goingto be very boring company."Gaby yawned."I suspect you're right.What do you say, little ones? Shall wecrawl into bed and be boring?"Gaby had become the leader of the expedition through Cirocco's refusal to haveanything to do with it.Since resigning her captaincy, Cirocco had never beeneager to accept that sort of responsibility, though she still did well whensuch a position was forced on her.Now she would not even discuss it; Gaby wasin charge, and that was that.Gaby accepted it, did not even become annoyedwhen the Titanides involuntarily looked toward Cirocco when Gaby told themwhat to do.They couldn't help it.She was the Wizard, but they would do what Gaby said solong as it was clear Cirocco had no objection.And Cirocco was improving.The mornings were still the worst.Since she spentmore time file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Gaea%2002%20-%20Wizard.txt (79 of164) [2/14/2004 1:06:22 AM]file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Gaea%2002%20-%20Wizard.txt sleeping thananyone else, she had more mornings to contend with.She looked like death whenPage 103 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlshe woke up.Her hands shook, and her eyes darted around, searching for helpand not finding it.Her sleep was not much better.Gaby had heard her cryingout in the night.But it was something she had to handle herself.Whatconcerned Gaby at the moment was a simple matter of routes.They had landed atthe northern bend of Long Bay.When Gaby sailed Nox, she always put into SnakeBay, the narrowing finger that led to the Ophion outflow.A rocky neck of landseparated the two.Overland it was only five kilometers to the river.Following the beach would be at least twenty-five.She did not know thisregion well, could not remember if the beach extended all the way around.While she thought there was a pass between the rocky crags to the north, shewas not sure of that either.Then there was the storm.The wind would be verybad if they followed the beach.Overland there would be mud and slipperytrails to contend with, and the deeper darkness of the forest.She waited a few hours to see if the storm would abate, consulted withCirocco-who knew no more about it than Gaby-then ordered the camp broken andtold Psaltery to strike out overland.She never found out if it had been the best choice, but it was not a bad one.They had to pick their route carefully in several places.Yet the land was notas rugged as it had looked.They emerged on the southern beach of Snake Bay.It was not much of abeach-the bay was as sheer-sided as a Norwegian fjord-but she knew her way from there.The Circum-Gaearejoined Ophion at that point after having made its way through North Rhea anddown through the tortuous passes of the western Nemesis Mountains.For some reason, Gaby's creation had fared better in this 30-kilometer stretchthan anywhere else in Gaea [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.When it hit, it would make quite a splash.Someof the "debris" would be entire trees bigger than redwoods.Gaby knew it wouldnot be a problem since it was relatively unaffected by atmospheric frictionand would tend to fall to the west.Page 102 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThey put their backs into it, even when the expected breeze developed, andwatched the storm descending.It fell for hours, met the sea, and began toooze out like an inverted mushroom cloud.They began to encounter waves and stray gusts that whipped the tough fabric ofthe sail.Gaby could see the rain approaching, hear the steady hissing getlouder.When it hit, it was like a wall of water.What her father had called a"frog-strangler" a long time ago.The wind was not as bad as she had feared, but she knew it could get muchworse.They were still a kilometer from land.Those who were not rowing beganusing the poles to feel for the bottom.When they found it, the Titanides leftthe oars to the humans and began poling the raft toward shore.Beaching it wasgoing to be tricky since there were waves two meters high by now, but therewere no rocks or reefs to worry about.Soon Hornpipe jumped into the waterwith a rope, swam to shore, and began hauling.Gaby was beginning to think it was going to be routine after all when a wavecrested the stern and swept Robin into the water.Chris was nearest; he jumpedinto the water and quickly reached her.Gaby went to help him get back aboard,but he decided it would be easier at that point to take Robin straight to thebeach.He rode the waves into shallow water, helped her stand up, and theyboth were knocked down by a big breaker.For a moment Gaby could not findthem; thenChris came up with Robin in his arms and carried her up beyond the reach ofthe surf.He set her on her feet, and she promptly went to her knees,coughing, but waving him away.The Titanides got Constance onto the beach and spent five minutes dancingthrough the increasingly angry waves to get everything off.The sail waswhipped away when they tried to take it down.Otherwise, everything wassalvaged."Well, we came through that with some luck," Cirocco said when they had founda campsite on high ground with plenty of trees to break the wind."Anythinglost, aside from the sail?""One side of my pack came open," Valiha said."There was water damage, andChris's tent rests with the fishes now." She looked so mournful that Chriscouldn't help laughing."He can double up with me," Robin said.Gaby had not expected that.She eyedRobin, who did not look up from the cup of hot coffee in her hands.She satclose to the small fire the Titanides had built, a blanket over her shoulders,looking like a drowned rat."I imagine you critters will want to stay in the tents this time," Ciroccosuggested, looking from one Titanide to the other."If you critters will have us," Psaltery said."Though I suspect you're goingto be very boring company."Gaby yawned."I suspect you're right.What do you say, little ones? Shall wecrawl into bed and be boring?"Gaby had become the leader of the expedition through Cirocco's refusal to haveanything to do with it.Since resigning her captaincy, Cirocco had never beeneager to accept that sort of responsibility, though she still did well whensuch a position was forced on her.Now she would not even discuss it; Gaby wasin charge, and that was that.Gaby accepted it, did not even become annoyedwhen the Titanides involuntarily looked toward Cirocco when Gaby told themwhat to do.They couldn't help it.She was the Wizard, but they would do what Gaby said solong as it was clear Cirocco had no objection.And Cirocco was improving.The mornings were still the worst.Since she spentmore time file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Gaea%2002%20-%20Wizard.txt (79 of164) [2/14/2004 1:06:22 AM]file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Gaea%2002%20-%20Wizard.txt sleeping thananyone else, she had more mornings to contend with.She looked like death whenPage 103 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlshe woke up.Her hands shook, and her eyes darted around, searching for helpand not finding it.Her sleep was not much better.Gaby had heard her cryingout in the night.But it was something she had to handle herself.Whatconcerned Gaby at the moment was a simple matter of routes.They had landed atthe northern bend of Long Bay.When Gaby sailed Nox, she always put into SnakeBay, the narrowing finger that led to the Ophion outflow.A rocky neck of landseparated the two.Overland it was only five kilometers to the river.Following the beach would be at least twenty-five.She did not know thisregion well, could not remember if the beach extended all the way around.While she thought there was a pass between the rocky crags to the north, shewas not sure of that either.Then there was the storm.The wind would be verybad if they followed the beach.Overland there would be mud and slipperytrails to contend with, and the deeper darkness of the forest.She waited a few hours to see if the storm would abate, consulted withCirocco-who knew no more about it than Gaby-then ordered the camp broken andtold Psaltery to strike out overland.She never found out if it had been the best choice, but it was not a bad one.They had to pick their route carefully in several places.Yet the land was notas rugged as it had looked.They emerged on the southern beach of Snake Bay.It was not much of abeach-the bay was as sheer-sided as a Norwegian fjord-but she knew her way from there.The Circum-Gaearejoined Ophion at that point after having made its way through North Rhea anddown through the tortuous passes of the western Nemesis Mountains.For some reason, Gaby's creation had fared better in this 30-kilometer stretchthan anywhere else in Gaea [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]