The Divine Invasion [antikvár]

1It came time to put Mamiy in a school. The government had a special school. The law stipulated that Manny could not go to a regular school because of his condition; there was nothing Elias Tate could do about that. He could not get around the government ruling because this was Earth and the zone of evil lay over everjiihing. Elias could feel it and, probably, the boy could feel it, too.Elias understood what the zone signified but of course the boy did not. At the age of six Manny looked lovely and strong but he seemed half-asleep all the time, as if (Elias reflected) he had not yet been completely bom."You know what today is?" Elias asked.The boy smiled."OK," Elias said. "Well, a lot depends on the teacher. How much do you remember, Manny? Do you remember Rybys?" He got out a hologram of Rybys, the boy's mother, and held it to the light. "Look at Rybys," Elias said. "Just fór a second."Someday the boy's memories would come back. Something, a disinhibiting stimulus fired at the boy by his own pre^angement, would trigger anamnesisthe loss of amnesia, and all the memories woiild flood back: his conception on CY30-CY30B, the period in Rybys's womb as she battled her dreadful illness, the trip to Earth, perhaps even7