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Dajeil leva des yeux baignés de larmes en disant :

— Je ne…

— Attendez, fit l’avatar.

Tous les regards se tournèrent vers lui.

Ulver laissa à la créature un temps qui lui sembla incroyablement long avant de s’écrier, exaspérée :

— Quoi donc ?

L’avatar avait pris un air radieux.

— Je crois que tout va bien se passer pour nous, finalement, dit-il.

Il sourit. Il y eut un instant de silence. Ulver se laissa aller théâtralement en arrière sur son siège, les bras pendants, les jambes écartées sous la table, les yeux levés vers la coupole translucide.

— Bordel de merde ! s’écria-t-elle.

Elle essaya d’accéder aux perceptions de Perspective Négative et trouva finalement une fenêtre sur l’hyperespace devant Service Couchettes. Tout était redevenu plus ou moins normal, effectivement. Elle secoua la tête.

— Bordel de merde ! répéta-t-elle, un ton plus bas.

Dajeil se mit à pleurer. Genar-Hofoen se pencha en avant sur son siège pour la regarder, une main sur la bouche, en se triturant la lèvre inférieure.

L’oiseau Gravious, qui passait la tête au coin de la porte et qui tremblait depuis plusieurs minutes, s’élança soudain en battant des ailes dans une noire confusion de mouvements frénétiques. Il fit plusieurs fois le tour de la salle en croassant :

— On est vivants ! On va vivre ! Tout va aller bien pour nous ! You-hou ! La vie est belle ! La vie est douce !

Ni Dajeil ni Genar-Hofoen ne semblèrent s’apercevoir de sa présence.

Ulver les regarda l’un après l’autre, puis se leva d’un bond en essayant d’attraper le volatile au passage. Il glapit :

— Qu’est-ce que c’est ? Qu’est-ce que c’est ?

— Dehors, imbécile ! cria Ulver en se ruant sur lui tandis qu’il volait à tire-d’aile vers la porte. Elle le suivit après s’être retournée rapidement pour murmurer :

— Excusez-moi.

Puis elle referma la porte derrière elle.

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