– You mean that Blinchuk?
– Well yes. Petrovich lured him.
– Petrovich’s plans – plans of people, – Fenimore said chuckling.
– Petrovich is smart up to his ass of course.
– Met aunt Alise?
– Almost ran her over by car. “Rainbows” are so huge and colorful, where does she dig for them?
– That is her deal, Seryoga. I will not cross her road.
– Yes, no talk here.
– But didn’t you go to the bar?..
– I am a guiding, not a fisherman. I am not with them, I'm only guiding them on duty.
– Clear, – Fenimore said. – In all, Seryoga, we crossed each other at the right moment. Have you seen your friend?
– Friends like this should be stomped by goats. In school he was always in the way, that is all friendship. Four-eyed schmuck. Mother from connection point, dad… – Nabis held himself back. – But here, nothing to say, lucky bastard, with flair, not a cheater in the Trouble. Have to admit. In short, he made his points. He was there for real. And he described the red house with no help, and confirmed writings on the checkpoint.
Fenimore rubbed his face hard with both hands.
– Is the track lags in timing?
– He says, in places. He walked one leg objectively for a week. And it is strange there also…
– What?
– He was fed up trying to explain, and I – trying to get it. Muttered something. Just as I said – a schmuck, cannot steal or lie in wait. He still reads Phonics by syllables. Said that he had sort of to jump on a springboard. And there is a couple kilometers at a jump.
– You mean, there is a springboard?!
– Exactly. A difficult track. But was given to a fool.
Fenimore thought. Rain was knocking on the tent, like someone was throwing peas into the pan.
– Okay, won’t be clarifying all particulars, it’s your body. But did he enter the point itself?
– He says, he got scared. That means he really didn’t enter. What are you assuming there, Vadik? And how much is for me?
– Slow down for a second. One more question: was he there at daytime? In the evening?
This was a very precise question, based on the honest answer Fenimore could buy a Nabis’ guy. That is why Nabis crossed his hands on the chest, slightly leaned back on the box and stayed silent waiting for the answer to his question, which was surely more important.
– I am looking for a life water there, – Fenimore said.