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<\/p>\nde Rodica Bretin<\/p>\n
\u00a0Ghearele de obsidian ale wurului se \u00eenfipser\u0103 \u00een pie\u00adlea acoperit\u0103 cu pl\u0103ci solzoase. O atingere a cililor ter\u00adminali, secret\u00e2nd lichidul sedativ, f\u0103cu s\u0103 \u00eenceteze zbate\u00adrea victimei, iar filamentele palpatoare \u00eei fixar\u0103 plasa de senzori. Extrem de mobile, tentaculele c\u0103utau zonele vulnerabile, la nivelul c\u0103rora stabilitatea biostructurii era mai mic\u0103. Ramifica\u0163iile opalescente vibrau de excitare c\u00e2nd wurul se preg\u0103ti s\u0103 absoarb\u0103 informa\u0163ia in\u00adclus\u0103 \u00een c\u00e2mpul semnalelor modulate \u015fi s-o integreze propriului sistem. \u00ce\u015fi retrase \u00eens\u0103 imediat senzorii, ridic\u00e2ndu-\u015fi din nou bra\u0163ele spiralate, \u00eentr-o unduitoare che\u00admare. Aspida avea o activitate mental\u0103 s\u0103rac\u0103, redus\u0103 la setul de reflexe necesare supravie\u0163uirii. Nu f\u0103cuse dec\u00e2t s\u0103-i am\u0103geasc\u0103 foamea, \u00een creierul ei inferior exist\u00e2nd doar senza\u0163ii \u015fi instincte primare: gustul c\u0103rnii devorate rapace, c\u0103ldura animal\u0103 a pr\u0103zii, amintirea v\u00e2n\u0103torilor trecute, a p\u00e2ndelor \u00eentre pietrele fierbin\u0163i ale pustiului.<\/p>\n
Sc\u00e2rbit, wurul \u00ee\u015fi schimb\u0103 culoarea purpurie \u00eentr-un violet intens \u015fi d\u0103du drumul reptilei. Aspida r\u0103mase \u00een\u00adtins\u0103 pe nisip, scuturat\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 de spasme. P\u0103rea ame\u0163it\u0103; \u00ee\u015fi pierdea puterile, odat\u0103 cu veninul mortal, prelins prin\u00adtre \u015firurile de din\u0163i curba\u0163i spre interior, ca ni\u015fte c\u00e2rlige. O privi cum se t\u00e2ra spre ochiul argintiu al lacului, cu mi\u015f\u00adc\u0103ri \u015fov\u0103ielnice, dictate de o voin\u0163\u0103 str\u0103in\u0103: c\u00e2nd atinse suprafa\u0163a \u00eencremenit\u0103, pielea aspidei \u00eencepu s\u0103 fumege, ars\u0103 de acizi, dar nu se opri, se scufund\u0103 \u00eencet, url\u00e2nd \u015fi zb\u0103t\u00e2ndu-se \u00een chinurile agoniei, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce fluidul \u00ee\u015fi ref\u0103cu deasupra p\u00e2nza continu\u0103, netulburat\u0103 de vreo und\u0103.<\/p>\n
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Auzi un f\u00e2lf\u00e2it greu de aripi \u015fi \u0163ipete ascu\u0163ite care sf\u00e2\u015fiau albul v\u0103zduhului: cerul se \u00eentunec\u0103 la trecerea sto\u00adlului de simorgi, de\u015fi, sim\u0163indu-i prezen\u0163a, zburau la mare \u00een\u0103l\u0163ime, ocolind primejdioasa vecin\u0103tate. Wurul ig\u00adnor\u0103 p\u0103s\u0103rile \u015fi, \u00eentinz\u00e2ndu-\u015fi tentaculele, se l\u0103s\u0103 m\u00e2ng\u00e2iat de razele astrului invizibil. Era st\u0103p\u00e2nul necontestat al acelor locuri, unde trecerea f\u0103pturii sale terifiante nu f\u0103\u00adcea alt\u0103 umbr\u0103 dec\u00e2t cea a spaimei. Nimeni n-ar fi \u00een\u00addr\u0103znit s\u0103-i dispute domeniul: nici turmele uria\u015filor tanini care \u00eei \u00eenc\u0103lcau c\u00e2teodat\u0103 teritoriul, nici aspidele cu r\u0103\u00adsuflarea otr\u0103vit\u0103 ori varanii cei solitari, av\u00e2nd spin\u0103rile blindate \u015fi limba despicat\u0103, nici gillele a c\u0103ror desc\u0103rcare electric\u0103 ucidea de la distan\u0163\u0103.<\/p>\n
For\u0163a psihic\u0103 de dominare a wurului asupra creaturi\u00adlor din de\u015fert era total\u0103 \u015fi absolut\u0103, dar fe\u0163ele puterii sunt nenum\u0103rate \u015fi, \u00een risipa aceea de trupuri, hrana senzi\u00adtiv\u0103 se \u00eempu\u0163inase… Apari\u0163ie temut\u0103, r\u0103t\u0103cea prin \u00een\u00adtinderea arid\u0103 a podi\u015fului, urm\u00e2nd, \u00een c\u0103utare de v\u00e2nat, itinerarii complicate, niciodat\u0103 acelea\u015fi.<\/p>\n
Era, de secole, prizonierul acestui univers arid \u2013 to\u00adtu\u015fi, \u00een straturile vechi ale memoriei sale st\u0103ruia o ima\u00adgine vag\u0103 despre existen\u0163a unei alte lumi, de o ame\u0163itoare bog\u0103\u0163ie senzorial\u0103.<\/p>\n
Amintirea cobora mult \u00een timp \u2013 f\u0103c\u00e2nd trecutul s\u0103 devin\u0103 accesibil \u2013 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00eentr-o epoc\u0103 aproape uitat\u0103, \u00een care tr\u0103ise din g\u00e2ndurile subtile, dorin\u0163ele sofisticate, sim\u00ad\u0163\u0103mintele gradate apar\u0163in\u00e2nd unor min\u0163i superioare. Le sorbea avid, f\u0103r\u0103 efort sau discern\u0103m\u00e2nt, l\u0103s\u00e2ndu-se p\u0103\u00adtruns de ele, \u00eentr-un delir al opulen\u0163ei. Fiin\u0163ele care \u00eei hr\u0103neau pofta nes\u0103\u0163ioas\u0103 erau nefiresc de fra\u00adgile \u2013 \u00eenveli\u015furile lor biologice degrad\u00e2ndu-se \u00een faza fi\u00adnal\u0103 a contactului cerebral \u2013 \u00eens\u0103 rezerva de vibra\u0163ii mentale neinterferate se ar\u0103tase inepuizabil\u0103.<\/p>\n
Wurul se urca uneori pe promontoriul de st\u00e2nc\u0103, unde, suspendat peste oglinda argintie a lacu\u00adlui, urm\u0103rea jocul umbrelor pe suprafa\u0163a trans\u00adlucid\u0103. Chipuri pl\u0103smuite din cea\u0163\u0103 se succedau \u2013 prea repede pentru a reu\u015fi s\u0103 le discearn\u0103, s\u0103 le fixeze \u2013 descompuse \u00een ne\u00adclintirea p\u00e2nzei fluide, nel\u0103s\u00e2nd s\u0103 se disting\u0103 contururi clare sau detalii ale fizionomiilor. Fragmente de idei, re\u00adflec\u0163ii, ajungeau p\u00e2n\u0103 la el, disp\u0103r\u00e2nd apoi \u00een neant, \u00eenainte de a le surprinde esen\u0163a. Reprezentau ecouri din cealalt\u0103 dimensiune, pe care o p\u0103r\u0103sise, supun\u00e2ndu-se unei voin\u0163e mai puternice dec\u00e2t a sa. Redus la neputin\u0163\u0103, \u00eennebunit de iluzia apropierii n\u0103lucilor ademenitoare \u015fi imposibil de atins, privea fascinat dansul himerelor.<\/p>\n
Ner\u0103bd\u0103tor, a\u015ftepta s\u0103 apar\u0103 un chip. De sute de ani se preg\u0103tea pentru \u00eent\u00e2lnire, \u00eencerc\u00e2nd s\u0103-i reg\u0103seasc\u0103 tr\u0103\u00ads\u0103turile \u00een pendularea haotic\u0103 a fantasmelor. \u015etia c\u0103-l va recunoa\u015fte: ura \u00eel s\u0103pase ad\u00e2nc \u00een memoria sa nemuri\u00adtoare. Era chipul celui care \u00eei hot\u0103r\u00e2se exilul, interzic\u00e2ndu-i accesul spre lumea din ad\u00e2ncul lacului.<\/p>\n
\u00cen crepusculul aparent captur\u0103 un siru\u015f \u2013 f\u0103ptur\u0103 primitiv\u0103, cu labe de leu, capul ca al unui \u015farpe \u015fi un corn de hiacint \u00een frunte \u2013 \u00eens\u0103 ani\u00admalul muri din primele secunde ale contactului. Mai t\u00e2rziu, urm\u0103rind o turm\u0103 de tanini, i se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 s\u0103 con\u00adfunde structurile anorganice \u2013 al c\u0103ror spectru magne\u00adtic oferea o imagine static\u0103, monocromatic\u0103 \u015fi reproductibil\u0103 \u2013 cu \u0163esuturi vii, receptate \u00eentr-o continu\u0103 schim\u00adbare de nuan\u0163e.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd, istovit \u015fi furios, \u00ee\u015fi relu\u0103 locul pe promon\u00adtoriu, bioc\u00e2mpul \u00eei cobor\u00e2se sub limita optim\u0103. Trecuse \u00een repaus senzorial, mul\u0163umindu-se s\u0103 observe curgerea ima\u00adginilor, c\u00e2nd, din stratul profund al con\u015ftien\u0163ei se n\u0103scu un presentiment, alert\u00e2ndu-i senzorii. Nu se \u00een\u015fela, \u015fi cum emisia inconfundabil\u0103 de radia\u0163ie biologic\u0103 \u00eel tre\u00adzise din toropeal\u0103, \u00ee\u015fi concentr\u0103 fluxul aten\u0163iei, capt\u00e2nd un ritm beta stabil \u015fi sincroniz\u00e2ndu-se la el.<\/p>\n
Impactul cu for\u0163a materializat\u0103 a g\u00e2ndurilor venite de dincolo<\/em> \u00eel de\u00adconcert\u0103: s\u0103 fie cu putin\u0163\u0103?! Foamea, ner\u0103bdarea, \u00eei vibrau \u00een fiecare celul\u0103 a trupului. Cum cel\u0103lalt<\/em> se dovedea nea\u015fteptat de puter\u00adnic, interveni un moment \u00een care raportul prad\u0103-v\u00e2n\u0103tor p\u0103ru gata s\u0103 se inverseze, dar wurul \u00eencle\u015ft\u0103 ghemul frem\u0103t\u0103tor \u015fi alunecos \u2013 mentalul du\u015fmanului s\u0103u. Ritmul delta, al suferin\u0163ei, domina acum vibra\u0163iile primite, zbuciumul lor reflect\u00e2nd surpriz\u0103, panic\u0103; totul p\u0103rea sf\u00e2r\u015fit, c\u00e2nd mintea captiv\u0103 avu o ultim\u0103 tres\u0103rire, dorind s\u0103 sca\u00adpe din capcana devoratoare.<\/p>\n \u00cencerc\u00e2nd s\u0103 re\u0163in\u0103 imaginea ce \u00eencepuse s\u0103 se \u00eende\u00adp\u0103rteze, s\u0103 p\u0103leasc\u0103, tentaculele wurului se contorsionau \u00een gol, ghearele i se \u00eenfigeau \u00een st\u00e2nca dur\u0103. Se pr\u0103\u00adbu\u015fi \u00een h\u0103ul aflat dedesubt, disp\u0103r\u00e2nd \u00een ad\u00e2ncul lacului de argint, a c\u0103rui suprafa\u0163\u0103 perfect neted\u0103 r\u0103mase o vreme tulburat\u0103 de unde circulare…<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n \u00cen timp ce se privea \u00een oglinda aburit\u0103 de trecerea secolelor\u2013 constat\u00e2nd din nou asem\u0103narea p\u00e2n\u0103 la identitate a chipului s\u0103u cu austerele tr\u0103s\u0103turi ale primului McDuncan, \u00eentemeietorul clanului \u2013 Robert sim\u0163i \u00eent\u00e2i o ap\u0103sare la t\u00e2mple, apoi durerea deveni intens\u0103, insuportabil\u0103, \u00eencep\u00e2nd s\u0103 semene cu o senza\u0163ie de c\u0103dere \u00een gol. Pr\u0103bu\u015fit \u00een genunchi, se zb\u0103tu cu disperare, \u00eempotrivindu-se acelui ceva monstruos, de neconceput, care \u00eel tr\u0103gea \u00een abisul din spatele ramei aurii.<\/em><\/p>\n Cadavrul lordului Robert McDuncan, descenden\u00adt al unui clan din Highland, a fost descoperit \u00een sala armelor din castelul Aberdeen. Ochii larg deschi\u015fi, sticlo\u015fi, p\u0103strau o expresie de groaz\u0103, ca \u015fi cum, \u00een clipele din urm\u0103 se aflase \u00eenaintea unei vedenii halucinante.<\/p>\n Doctorul chemat s\u0103 constate decesul observ\u0103 un obiect insolit \u00eentre stindarde, blazoane, spade, pistoale, arcuri, archebuze, scuturi \u015fi armuri: l\u00e2ng\u0103 tabloul unuia dintre str\u0103mo\u015fi \u2013 un cavaler templier din secolul al XII-lea, ce p\u0103rea abia \u00eentors din cruciad\u0103 \u2013 se afla o oglind\u0103 vene\u0163ian\u0103, la fel de veche.<\/p>\n Examin\u00e2nd corpul ne\u00eensufle\u0163it, doctorul remarc\u0103 sclipirea cioburi\u00adlor de cristal \u00eempr\u0103\u015ftiate pe covor… Privind ne\u00eencrez\u0103tor suprafa\u0163a intact\u0103, f\u0103r\u0103 o cr\u0103p\u0103tur\u0103 a oglinzii se gr\u0103bi s\u0103 pun\u0103 diagnosticul \u2013 congestie cerebral\u0103 \u2013 \u00ee\u015fi lu\u0103 geanta cu instrumen\u00adte \u015fi p\u0103r\u0103si locul acela care-i inspira o inexplicabil\u0103 teroare…<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" de Rodica Bretin \u00a0Ghearele de obsidian ale wurului se \u00eenfipser\u0103 \u00een pie\u00adlea acoperit\u0103 cu pl\u0103ci solzoase. O atingere a cililor ter\u00adminali, secret\u00e2nd lichidul sedativ, f\u0103cu s\u0103 \u00eenceteze zbate\u00adrea victimei, iar filamentele palpatoare \u00eei fixar\u0103 plasa de senzori. Extrem de mobile, tentaculele c\u0103utau zonele vulnerabile, la nivelul c\u0103rora stabilitatea biostructurii era mai mic\u0103. Ramifica\u0163iile opalescente vibrau […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[1224,125],"tags":[1225,1129,1219],"class_list":["post-11377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-47","category-invitat","tag-egophobia-47","tag-invitat","tag-rodica-bretin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-2Xv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11377","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11386,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11377\/revisions\/11386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i158.photobucket.com\/albums\/t103\/egophobia\/47\/coperta-efect-holografic_zps3le88tpr.jpg?resize=607%2C951\")
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