– No, man! Only not in your self-propelled beam! She vigorously protested. Bring to another place. Get over there! To the hill!

– There's nothing there. Boulders alone! – I objected.

– Everything's there. There is a doctor and a hospital!

The blizzard continued to intensify and began to howl already. There was no time for altercation.

– Okay – I succumbed to the stormy pressure of the girl – On the hill, so on the hill. Only – an agreement. If there is nothing there, I carry you to CUB!

I turned around. The wind now began to hit my right cheek. I went to the next hill the girl was pointing to. The top of which, at times completely disappeared, behind the dense jets of the blizzard that began.

– And now where? – I asked. We were on top of a snowy hill. Dotted with huge boulders.

– Over to that stone, please drop me down there too.

I lowered the girl next to the boulder. She leaned on her healthy leg. I held her. Just in case, for the belt. Here, at the top, gusts of wind hit especially hard. The stubborn right shin, for sure, was – broken.

The girl moaned softly, holding on to me with one hand. With her other hand, she reached for the stone. What happened then. Made me doubt my sanity.

The girls barely touched the surface of the boulder, which had been corroded by time. How a thin, rapidly expanding crack appeared in it. The top of a huge boulder silently slipped to the side and hung in the air, as if it did not weigh anything.

– Well, what are you, man! – the girl whimsically called – Do not stand a pillar. Help!

She did not let me come to my senses. With a gesture, she showed me to help her climb onto a boulder cut in an unknown way. On a flat, polished surface that. Oscillating dark, foggy – circle. The diameter is seven feet.

I probably also had fog in my head. I kicked off my skis and was not aware. Together with my burden, I climbed a boulder and entered into a circle. I saw my feet plunge into the fog.

– Do not move and do not be afraid! – a little companion warned me sternly – So huge, but afraid!

As if the feeling of fear depends on size! I mentally snapped back. Aloud, I did not utter a single word. Because I already managed to plunge into the fog, on the chest. Just in case, I took air into my lungs and closed my eyelids tightly.

My cheeks felt a gust of hot wind and a slight tingling sensation. Nothing else happened. When I again dared to open my eyes, we were already in a round room. There were luminous walls and ceilings around. Only the smooth, like glass, floor did not glow.

– Rather, man!

The stranger extended her hand to the wall, barely touching. The wall from her touch, went rosy stains. Caved in. Like water covered with a glowing film of oil. Parted, letting us in – on.

Now we have moved to a much larger room. Also with luminous walls. Lighting concealed the size of the room. Only appearing on the walls, fluid patterns, allowed to determine. What is this room, in shape and location – a vertical cylinder. About ten steps in height and forty steps in diameter. There was nothing in the room. Absolute emptiness.

– Bring me there!

The girl held out her hand. Pointing to a brighter section of the wall. Located opposite. I lifted the girl’s light body and carried it to where she pointed.

– Man, help me take off my clothes. I myself can’t overpower, it really hurts.

I hurriedly pulled off her fur jacket – pajik. Having set her on the floor, I removed the untaika from her left foot. But barely touched the right foot, as a girl, she cried out from a sudden pain. Without hesitation, I pulled a penknife out of my pocket. I carefully cut open the untaika deer skin – the camus.

Now the girl was left only in soft, to the touch, overalls. Which was silver-blue. Solid. Without a single seam or fastener.

– Where's your first aid kit? – I asked.

The girl’s right leg was broken, in the lower third – the lower leg. The bone at the fracture site pierced the skin and stuck out. Not a lot of blood flowed. It can be seen that its large arteries and veins were not damaged.

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