Niciodat\u0103 nu fusese mai ner\u0103bd\u0103tor s\u0103 ajung\u0103 la cin\u0103 ca disear\u0103. Cina \u00een preg\u0103tire avea s\u0103 fie ca nicio alta. Va fi special\u0103. \u015ei a a\u015fteptat-o ca \u015fi cum ar fi fost ultima din via\u0163a lui.<\/p>\n
Cum intr\u0103 \u00een cantina filigranat\u0103 o c\u0103ut\u0103 fiindc\u0103 nu o v\u0103zuse imediat ce p\u0103\u015fi \u00een\u0103untru. \u00centreb\u0103 mai mul\u0163i pacien\u0163i unde e doamna buc\u0103t\u0103reas\u0103 din tura de noapte \u015fi dac\u0103 albul halatului ei mai este impermeabil la verdele stelar \u015fi cineva se g\u0103si s\u0103 \u00eei spun\u0103 c\u0103 e \u00een schimbul trei \u015fi c\u0103 trebuie s\u0103 apar\u0103 din clip\u0103 \u00een clip\u0103, fiind probabil la toalet\u0103 pentru c\u00e2teva minute, dar nu \u015ftiu s\u0103 \u00eei spun\u0103 nimic despre \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103mintea ei \u015fi mai ales nu putu s\u0103 \u00eei zic\u0103 dac\u0103 auzise vreodat\u0103 de o asemenea culoare. Dar a\u015ftepta\u0163i \u015fi v\u0103 ve\u0163i l\u0103muri singur \u00een leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu tot ce dori\u0163i s\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i. Trebuie s\u0103 se \u00eentoarc\u0103 \u00een orice moment. \u00cei mul\u0163umi frumos persoanei pe care o \u00eentreb\u0103 \u015fi se duse s\u0103 se a\u015feze \u00een fragmentul lui de banc\u0103 pentru a o a\u015ftepta, din col\u0163ul s\u0103u precis decupat \u00een lemnul ei, s\u0103 apar\u0103.<\/p>\n
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\u015ei veni cu adev\u0103rat nu peste foarte mult timp. C\u00e2teva minute mai t\u00e2rziu o v\u0103zu cum intr\u0103 \u00een cantin\u0103, purt\u00e2nd acela\u015fi alb compact pe care \u00eel \u015ftia at\u00e2t de bine deja. \u00cei f\u0103cu semn cu m\u00e2na pentru a-l depista mai repede \u015fi ea \u00eel z\u0103ri f\u0103c\u00e2ndu-i din m\u00e2n\u0103, dar nu \u00eei r\u0103spunse \u00een niciun fel. \u00ce\u015fi p\u0103str\u0103 ambele m\u00e2ini \u00een buzunare \u015fi el nu se mai \u00eendoi c\u0103 doi pumni zac grav pe fundul lor. Se ridic\u0103 \u00een picioare \u015fi \u00eei f\u0103cu din nou semn cu m\u00e2na, dar ea nu \u00eei r\u0103spunse cu niciuna dintre m\u00e2inile ei, pe care \u015fi le \u00eenchise, nu \u015ftia de ce, \u00een pumni. \u00cencepu s\u0103 se \u00eengrijoreze pu\u0163in \u015fi nu \u00ee\u015fi putea da seama ce se \u00eent\u00e2mplase de la cina de asear\u0103, dar nu dezn\u0103d\u0103jdui fiindc\u0103 m\u00e2inile nu \u00eei obosiser\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eei tot fac\u0103 semne plus c\u0103 mai putea s\u0103 se ridice \u00een picioare \u015fi cu alt\u0103 ocazie.<\/p>\n
Deocamdat\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi ocup\u0103 \u00een continuare chenarul de lemn \u015fi se hot\u0103r\u00ee s\u0103 \u00eei dea c\u00e2teva minute s\u0103 se a\u015feze \u015fi mai confortabil \u00een tura de noapte. Poate nici ea nu a dormit bine noaptea trecut\u0103, se g\u00e2ndi el, de\u015fi nu avea de unde s\u0103 \u015ftie ce se petrece \u00een mintea ei. Minutele pe care anticip\u0103 c\u0103 \u00eei vor fi de ajuns se dovedir\u0103 prea pu\u0163ine fiindc\u0103 nici de aceast\u0103 dat\u0103 m\u00e2inile ei nu ie\u015fir\u0103 din pumnii \u00een care se blocaser\u0103. Tot \u00een buzunarele halatului r\u0103maser\u0103 \u015fi el nici nu mai era sigur c\u0103 pumnii erau cei \u00een care m\u00e2inile i se pierduser\u0103 \u015fi nu \u00een altceva. Dac\u0103 are degetele perfect relaxate \u00een buzunare? \u00centrebarea \u00eel lovi cu puterea adev\u0103rului abia ascuns. Venise momentul s\u0103 se \u00eengrijoreze pu\u0163in. Dar foamea \u00eei d\u0103dea ghionturi din ce \u00een ce mai ad\u00e2nci \u015fi de aceea se g\u00e2ndi c\u0103 nu va fi sf\u00e2r\u015fitul lumii dac\u0103 mai am\u00e2n\u0103 s\u0103 vorbeasc\u0103 cu ea. \u00cen fond, el nu pleca \u00eenc\u0103 din spital, iar ea trebuia s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi petreac\u0103 toat\u0103 noaptea \u00eentre b\u0103ncile cantinei hr\u0103nind pacien\u0163ii c\u0103rora ar putea s\u0103 li se fac\u0103 foame \u015fi la ore mai \u00eenaintate. Avea deci timp destul s\u0103 vad\u0103 despre ce e vorba.<\/p>\n
Cin\u0103 veritabil \u015fi, pentru prima dat\u0103, uit\u0103 aproape complet cum s\u0103 cineze \u015fi nu fu \u00een stare s\u0103 cineze pe de rost. Trebui s\u0103 o ia de la cap\u0103t \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eenve\u0163e de la \u00eenceput toate mi\u015fc\u0103rile \u015fi chiar \u00eei pl\u0103cu c\u0103 nu a mai m\u00e2ncat din memorie. Poate grija pentru ce i s-o fi \u00eent\u00e2mplat m-a f\u0103cut cam amnezic \u015fi nu am mai reu\u015fit s\u0103 \u0163in minte cina ca \u00een alte seri, se g\u00e2ndi, dar c\u0103 s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat a\u015fa nu e deloc r\u0103u, complet\u0103 oarecum u\u015furat c\u0103 uitase cum s\u0103 ia cina. Am m\u00e2ncat \u00een sf\u00e2r\u015fit pentru c\u0103 mi-a fost foame \u015fi nu pentru c\u0103 mi-am reamintit, exact la timp, c\u0103 \u00eemi este foame. V\u0103d c\u0103 e o mare diferen\u0163\u0103 \u015fi \u00eemi place partea a doua a ei cu at\u00e2t mai mult cu c\u00e2t nu suport prima ei parte. Cred c\u0103 nu voi mai \u00eencerca s\u0103 memorez cina \u015fi am s\u0103 o iau, sear\u0103 de sear\u0103, a\u015fa cum \u015fi e \u00een fiecare sear\u0103. E mai aventuros astfel.<\/p>\n
Nu m\u00e2nc\u0103 totu\u015fi la fel de mult ca \u00een alte seri ci, dimpotriv\u0103, avu chiar impresia c\u0103 m\u00e2ncarea pe care abia o \u00eenghi\u0163ise ocup\u0103 o jum\u0103tate din por\u0163ia lui obi\u015fnuit\u0103. Se g\u00e2ndi dac\u0103 are vreo leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu m\u00e2ncatul care nu se mai face din amintire \u015fi se hot\u0103r\u00ee c\u0103 trebuie s\u0103 aib\u0103 toate leg\u0103turile cu putin\u0163\u0103, dar savantul din el nu putu s\u0103 stabileasc\u0103 nicio conexiune real\u0103 \u00eentre cele dou\u0103 evenimente, a\u015fa c\u0103 nu mai insist\u0103 nici el. Fu doar mul\u0163umit de felul pl\u0103cut \u00een care decurser\u0103 lucrurile \u015fi opri orice ra\u0163ionament \u00een acest punct al satisfac\u0163iei gastronomice. \u015ei \u00eei \u015fi puse punct cu un u\u015for r\u00e2g\u00e2it politicos.<\/p>\n
\u00ce\u015fi \u00eentoarse aten\u0163ia la ea, dar nu o v\u0103zu \u00een preajm\u0103. Se uit\u0103 pretutindeni, dar nu o z\u0103ri. Parc\u0103 disp\u0103ruse, de\u015fi nu ar fi putut s\u0103 dispar\u0103 dec\u00e2t dac\u0103, brusc, fie fusese dat\u0103 afar\u0103 fie \u00ee\u015fi d\u0103duse demisia. \u00centr-un astfel de loc ca spitalul \u00een care se afla, singura magie posibil\u0103 era logica aplicat\u0103 cu rigurozitate tuturor variantelor luate \u00een calcul. Se ridic\u0103 de la mas\u0103 \u015fi \u00eencepu s\u0103 circule printre lungile \u015firuri de b\u0103nci ale c\u0103ror capete se \u015ftergeau \u00een infinitezimale cr\u0103p\u0103turi din faian\u0163e. Opri mai multe persoane din mers \u015fi le \u00eentreb\u0103 dac\u0103 nu au v\u0103zut-o. Niciuna nu putuse s\u0103 \u00eei dea un r\u0103spuns afirmativ. Se \u00eentreb\u0103 dac\u0103 \u00eentr-un astfel de loc magia nu putea s\u0103 fie, totu\u015fi, pur \u015fi simplu magic\u0103. D\u0103du \u015fi peste persoana cu care vorbise c\u00e2nd intrase \u00een cantin\u0103. S\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i c\u0103 tot nu \u015ftiu cum arat\u0103 verdele stelar, \u00eei spuse cu mare sinceritate. E vreo culoare nou ap\u0103rut\u0103 \u00een mod\u0103? Fiindc\u0103 probabil lucra\u0163i \u00een mod\u0103 dac\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i at\u00e2t de multe despre cromatic\u0103… Nu v\u0103 sup\u0103ra\u0163i c\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eentrerup, dar nu lucrez \u00een mod\u0103 \u015fi nici nu \u015ftiu foarte multe despre culori… Dar cum \u015fti\u0163i de… Dar, \u00eemi cer din nou iertare c\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eentrerup, nu a\u0163i mai v\u0103zut-o de c\u00e2nd v-am \u00eentrebat prima oar\u0103? Desigur c\u0103 am mai v\u0103zut-o, \u00eei \u00een\u0163elese aceast\u0103 persoan\u0103 impolite\u0163ea de circumstan\u0163\u0103. \u015ei unde a\u0163i mai v\u0103zut-o? El se gr\u0103bi teribil s\u0103 afle r\u0103spunsul \u015fi ar fi vrut s\u0103 \u00eel smulg\u0103 din fiin\u0163a acelei persoane \u015fi din toat\u0103 cunoa\u015fterea ei despre lume, dar \u00ee\u015fi d\u0103du imediat seama c\u0103 nu poate face a\u015fa ceva \u015fi se cump\u0103ni \u00een cele c\u00e2teva secunde \u00een care a\u015ftept\u0103 r\u0103spunsul. \u015ei el veni \u015fi veni \u015fi destul de prompt. A ie\u015fit din cantin\u0103 \u00een timp ce dumneavoastr\u0103 m\u00e2nca\u0163i, veni r\u0103spunsul, cu promptitudine, dar parc\u0103 \u015fi cu un fel de regret \u00een substan\u0163a lui, ca \u015fi cum el ar fi gre\u015fit profund s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nce \u00een timp ce ea disp\u0103rea, \u00een mod logic, din cantin\u0103, \u00een timpul dispari\u0163iei ei logic magice din cantin\u0103. \u00cen timp ce m\u00e2ncam? El vru s\u0103 i se confirme istoria recent\u0103 pe care nu mai putea s\u0103 o schimbe \u015fi condi\u0163iile \u00een care ar fi putut totu\u015fi s\u0103 o schimbe dac\u0103 ar fi fost \u00een stare. Precis \u00een timpul cinei dumneavoastr\u0103, veni \u015fi confirmarea \u015fi istoria recent\u0103, vedea el clar, \u00eenghe\u0163\u0103 definitiv \u00een aceast\u0103 confirmare. Risc\u0103 \u015fi mai mult \u015fi o \u00eentreb\u0103 pe aceast\u0103 persoan\u0103 at\u00e2t de binevoitoare dac\u0103 nu a observat condi\u0163iile \u00een care a disp\u0103rut… Ca de pild\u0103, complet\u0103 persoana cu glas tare ce \u00eencepuse el \u00een g\u00e2nd, starea de spirit a doamnei buc\u0103t\u0103rese sau dac\u0103, spre exemplu, \u00ee\u015fi \u0163inea m\u00e2inile \u00een buzunare? Dar cum putea aceast\u0103 persoan\u0103 s\u0103 \u015ftie at\u00e2t de multe despre el? Nu \u00ee\u015fi mai putea reveni din uimire \u015fi fiindc\u0103 nu mai putea ie\u015fi din mirarea pe care aceast\u0103 persoan\u0103 dr\u0103gu\u0163\u0103 i-o induse, se gr\u0103bi s\u0103 \u00eei confirme ipoteza. Nu se ab\u0163inu s\u0103 nu o \u00eentrebe de unde \u015ftia c\u0103 o va \u00eentreba despre m\u00e2ini, ele fiind locul \u00een care starea ei de spirit se fosilizase, iar persoana \u00eei r\u0103spunse foarte firesc c\u0103 nu avea de unde s\u0103 \u015ftie c\u0103 el o va \u00eentreba despre m\u00e2inile doamnei buc\u0103t\u0103rese, dar nici nu \u00eei fusese greu s\u0103 ghiceasc\u0103 c\u0103 pe el \u00eel intereseaz\u0103 m\u00e2inile ei fiindc\u0103 \u00eel observase, chiar \u00eenainte de cin\u0103, cum \u015fi le agit\u0103 pe ale sale \u015fi cum \u00eei urm\u0103rea, din toate detaliile privirii, m\u00e2inile ei b\u0103gate \u00een buzunare. Deci a\u0163i apelat la logica dumneavoastr\u0103 pentru a v\u0103 da seama despre ce este vorba \u015fi a\u0163i fost \u015fi o persoan\u0103 suficient de amabil\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eemi da\u0163i de \u00een\u0163eles c\u0103 nu a\u0163i ajuns la aceast\u0103 concluzie printr-un ra\u0163ionament magic, ci printr-un total logic. \u00centocmai cum spune\u0163i dumneavoastr\u0103, \u00eei confirm\u0103 persoana c\u0103 exact a\u015fa s-au \u00eent\u00e2mplat lucrurile, dar pe el dintr-o dat\u0103 nu \u00eel mul\u0163umi z\u00e2mbetul acestei persoane \u015fi o b\u0103nui c\u0103 nu \u00eei spusese totul. Trecu s\u0103 o descoas\u0103. Spune\u0163i a\u015fadar c\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i \u015fi cum a disp\u0103rut. Da. \u015ei cum a disp\u0103rut? \u00ce\u015fi \u0163inea m\u00e2inile tot \u00een buzunare \u015fi, de c\u00e2nd am v\u0103zut-o pentru ultima oar\u0103, nu am mai v\u0103zut-o niciodat\u0103. Descusutul mergea strun\u0103, dar a\u0163ele ce ie\u015feau din aceast\u0103 persoan\u0103 dr\u0103gu\u0163\u0103 nu erau destul de tari s\u0103 o transforme \u00een marioneta lui interogativ\u0103. Tot nu se mul\u0163umi cu r\u0103spunsurile pe care le primea. Se hot\u0103r\u00ee s\u0103 atace problema frontal. Spune\u0163i-mi, v\u0103 rog, ce f\u0103cea ea exact \u00een clipa \u00een care a disp\u0103rut? Persoana \u00eel privi ironic \u015fi \u00eei r\u0103spunse binevoitor c\u0103 \u00een acel moment nu f\u0103cea dec\u00e2t s\u0103 dispar\u0103. Cu m\u00e2inile \u00een buzunarele halatului, desigur, veni \u015fi completarea final\u0103. Sta\u0163i a\u015fa, mai am ceva s\u0103 v\u0103 spun, complet\u0103 persoana contrazic\u00e2ndu-se \u00een g\u00e2nd, \u00een leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu finalitatea r\u0103spunsului anterior. Da, spune\u0163i-mi, v\u0103 rog. \u015etiu de unde a disp\u0103rut, dar habar nu am \u015fi unde a disp\u0103rut. Da, v\u0103 ascult. Aceast\u0103 persoan\u0103 at\u00e2t de cumsecade se cam feri s\u0103 \u00eei spun\u0103, dar p\u00e2n\u0103 la urm\u0103 \u00eei spuse fiindc\u0103 dorea s\u0103 pun\u0103 cap\u0103t acestei conversa\u0163ii \u00een care nu aflase nimic despre verdele stelar. Bine, v\u0103 spun, \u00eencuviin\u0163\u0103 persoana \u015fi \u00eei spuse de unde disp\u0103ruse ea. De l\u00e2ng\u0103 dumneavoastr\u0103. C\u00e2nd am v\u0103zut-o pentru ultima oar\u0103, \u00een secunda \u00een care a disp\u0103rut, st\u0103tea chiar l\u00e2ng\u0103 dumneavoastr\u0103 \u015fi, din c\u00e2t am putut s\u0103 \u00eemi dau seama, gesticula ceva important cu m\u00e2inile c\u0103rora dumneavoastr\u0103 le bloca\u0163i mesajul. Stupefac\u0163ia fu \u00eengrozitor de mare c\u00e2nd \u00ee\u015fi d\u0103du seama c\u0103 \u00eentr-un astfel de loc p\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi magia p\u0103rea magic\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 pic de logic\u0103 directoare \u00een ea. Cum s\u0103 stea l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine?! Era stupefiat, dar nu mai primi niciun r\u0103spuns. Persoana at\u00e2t de binevoitoare s\u0103 \u00eei dea at\u00e2tea am\u0103nunte \u015fi at\u00e2tea confirm\u0103ri disp\u0103ruse \u015fi ea \u00eentre la \u015fi revedere.<\/p>\n
Se mut\u0103 \u00eentr-un alt chenar al cantinei, dar nu mai g\u0103si pe nimeni amabil s\u0103 fie interogat, poate \u015fi pentru c\u0103 pe nimeni altcineva nu \u00eel mai interesa cum arat\u0103 verdele stelar. Dezarmase cu totul \u015fi se \u00eendrept\u0103 ab\u0103tut spre col\u0163ul s\u0103u de banc\u0103, unde putea s\u0103 se recunoasc\u0103 \u00een siguran\u0163\u0103. C\u00e2nd se a\u015fez\u0103 \u015fi dup\u0103 ce \u00ee\u015fi puse b\u0103rbia \u00een palme, auzi \u00een jurul s\u0103u o voce feminin\u0103 care \u00eel \u00eentreb\u0103 unde fusese. Se uit\u0103 peste tot \u00een jurul s\u0103u \u015fi nu v\u0103zu pe nimeni, dar vocea feminin\u0103 devenea din ce \u00een ce mai limpede. Unde ai fost, dragul meu? \u00cen plin\u0103 magie, \u00eei r\u0103spunse logic, dar f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u015ftie \u015fi cui \u00eei r\u0103spunde:<\/p>\n
Te-am c\u0103utat peste tot, dar nu te-am g\u0103sit nic\u0103ieri.<\/p>\n
(va urma)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Niciodat\u0103 nu fusese mai ner\u0103bd\u0103tor s\u0103 ajung\u0103 la cin\u0103 ca disear\u0103. Cina \u00een preg\u0103tire avea s\u0103 fie ca nicio alta. Va fi special\u0103. \u015ei a a\u015fteptat-o ca \u015fi cum ar fi fost ultima din via\u0163a lui. Cum intr\u0103 \u00een cantina filigranat\u0103 o c\u0103ut\u0103 fiindc\u0103 nu o v\u0103zuse imediat ce p\u0103\u015fi \u00een\u0103untru. \u00centreb\u0103 mai mul\u0163i pacien\u0163i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,4,5],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romanul-online","tag-literatura-virtuala-exclusiv-antuma","tag-patrick-calinescu","tag-roman-online"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-1I","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}