Parallel Worlds pro et contra - стр. 73
– So how do you plan to do it?
– There's a certain Catherine on the team. I will enter her brain, adapting to her rhythm in her sleep, and there I will play out a certain scene.
– You've got something so twisted… Spill it.
– The thing is, the two people we're looking for are divorced and, as they say, on the prowl. And you, according to legend, are a divorced man. Quite good-looking, athletic, successful businessman. Not too cool and rich, otherwise why would you sell coins and waste time on games?
– Do only middle-income people go to the game?
– No, it's just off topic. The next concept is that you have to become an oligarch-level businessman. Until then, you should not attract them much. In their eyes, you have to climb the career ladder gradually.
– Okay, what's next?
– Then, when you become friends with them, romantic intrigues, gradually begin to tell about their activities.
– What activities? And what do you mean, romantic entanglements?
– You must, as if in confidence, tell us about your work in a closed research institute. First, you will demonstrate a rather deep knowledge of physics, astronomy, and related topics. This will intrigue them: why do you have such a deep knowledge in these fields, but in life you do other things? You will reveal the secret to them as confidants, which will further strengthen your relationship. But do it one by one, not all at once.
– You're not telling the truth again.
– No, listen. By revealing a secret to one and not telling the other, you are both showing your exceptional treatment of the woman and testing her ability to keep a secret, whatever you ask. But, of course, she'll tell her friend.
– What makes you so sure?
– Oh, Rutra Tigrovich, you know how women are.
– Irene, what is this?
Ruthra smiled ironically, glancing up, though Irene could have been watching from anywhere.
– What's next?
– Next, you'll do the same thing with the men.
– Oh, that's two men. Who's the other one?
– Someone I've labeled as Narcissus, or Petty.
– Is he short?
– Let me show you all of them.
– Only in real life, visually. I don't want them in my brain. I know your habits and manners.
Irene visualized holographic images of the people she had chosen. They appeared at the table in front of Ruthra. A robotic mechanism, in the form of a delicate female hand, extended from a nearby wall with two cups of fragrant, steaming coffee and placed them on the table.
– I can "revitalize" them.
– No, not yet. I don't know them. What am I gonna talk to them about?
– That's as close as you'll get to finding out without their knowledge.