「既然佢係呢度,一定會再見到佢嘅。」我說。234Please respect copyright.PENANA0fRcRrcz9S
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「嗯……我估可能係你誤入我過去後再跌落平行宇宙嘅支流……」鈴兒道,「但阿柏,我之前講嘅職員無處可歸係認真,你已經…返唔到去現世,你明唔明?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAK1EvGzFyfv
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「就算我搵到返去嘅動機同地方?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAGlW7OmtZ8x
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明明她說找到回去的地方,動機,方法,就能脫離阡迴旅館回到常世。234Please respect copyright.PENANAvU2kBn9ZEE
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「我講清楚啲:只要有齊返去嘅動機,地方,方法就可以重返現世,呢個規則只適用於住客。被阡迴旅館選中成為職員,其中一個條件好簡單,就係被挑選嘅人,佢返去嘅地方就係呢度,唔係常世,而係阡迴旅館。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAbqZx5BiqWO
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鈴兒清脆的聲音,在阡迴旅館的天井之間迴盪。234Please respect copyright.PENANA4jJvX0RQTW
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卻使我心頭一震!234Please respect copyright.PENANAQQdIqjHd6d
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「身在阡迴旅館,但歸宿只得返阡迴旅館,因即為果,果即是因,成為職員就係咁嘅意思。受到阡迴旅館接納嘅我地可以查閱記錄簿,操作時間流,打開阡迴之門,召來解鈴之人,但亦代表住永遠被困係呢度。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAHKxuJjWWrn
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甚麼解鈴之人。234Please respect copyright.PENANAiJyAXxdRBh
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「點……點會,我唔信!鈴兒,你講到咁,你擺明現世都有想返去嘅地方,你點可能歸宿只得返阡迴旅館?」234Please respect copyright.PENANANk4NGJ5PMs
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鈴兒頓一頓,沒有說話。234Please respect copyright.PENANA6EcocskwBY
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「我無。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAgCtr3W9Qmm
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接著簡單的一句,伴著心碎的哽咽。234Please respect copyright.PENANA6CId4kVfln
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「鈴兒……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAF5JkeiUUg6
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「我嘅事,遲下再同你講,反正我講唔講你都會去偷睇架啦。」鈴兒別過去整理情緒,「至於成為職員主要工作,我依加教你。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAGzyiS3DHxG
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「你真係無事?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAhs0U4ODzid
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眼中還有淚花的她嫣然一笑:「無啦,我由紀錄簿開始教你先。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAWFxdeE1zIs
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不會因時間過去而疲憊意味著鈴兒可以無止境地疲勞轟炸。當有人進入阡迴旅館這異世時,我們就會聽到風鈴聲在遠方低鳴。接著只要查看紀錄簿,上面就會浮現新住客的名字。234Please respect copyright.PENANAnrampmh8K7
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有時候她們會在阡迴旅館外徬徨地徘徊不敢開門,即使無論怎樣走也會繞回這兒,她們都不敢推門而進,這時候我們便要出去迎接。234Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ5KO9XLVL
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「明……明白。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAVTEI5R2Qt9
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雖說這兒沒有時間流逝,但我已經聽到頭昏腦漲了,鈴兒一股腦兒地在說著阡迴旅館的法則和我們身為職員的職責,原來很多東西都是靠我們用時間回溯來收拾和補充物資,特別是引導住客回去常世那部分她竟然還準備了筆記!234Please respect copyright.PENANAjqrUCmWyr4
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「最重要係提供動機,就推因素同拉因素而言……阿柏?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAJvcrwTqkx1
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「嗚…嗯?我聽緊啊?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAlY9sODIMC7
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鈴兒看看我,然後淺淺一笑:「今次就講住咁多先啦。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAp4umhYB6kc
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「多謝你,前輩!」真的很善解人意呢。234Please respect copyright.PENANATijZ6n9PIr
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「但你等陣返房後,要自己好好練習時間流操作。」鈴兒掏出一個精緻的沙漏說。234Please respect copyright.PENANAFN0Rv1RoFo
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「時間流操作?有咩好練習。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAq8ZFJjP4YO
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「你真係……」鈴兒沒好氣地說,「睇住,沙粒正常係咁樣流落嚟,但我可以令沙漏嘅沙一粒粒咁樣落下,即係操作精度去到毫秒級。」234Please respect copyright.PENANA2F4WDbxoa2
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沙漏即使被翻轉,中間的玻璃細頸中亦只有一粒接一粒的沙落下,沙漏的時間正被鈴兒緩速。234Please respect copyright.PENANAtnVBV9yBya
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「你嚟試下?集中精神,想像住將沙漏嘅時間放慢,好似睇戲嘅慢動作就得。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAa2yVWCSWFl
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「好。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAJGxaXiyMxU
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沙漏中的沙被停下。234Please respect copyright.PENANANPDjl1BtLt
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「唔係叫你暫定時間,係緩速。」234Please respect copyright.PENANANnh4LO01fM
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「我係打算緩速啊。咦?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAJXaPDcSD5W
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精神才一放鬆,馬上就見一縷沙滑落。234Please respect copyright.PENANAF2mjtjzDMw
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「點樣?無想像中易係唔係?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAnVYYNghvYG
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「呃……呃……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAuwCzI3ehb0
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精度…沒法提高!簡單就像如履薄冰!234Please respect copyright.PENANA8g0HzunDw1
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我集中精神死命地瞪著沙漏,但要不就是沙流完全被停下,要不就是一縷縷沙落下又停,落下又停,我沒法像鈴兒那樣精準地控制時間緩速到一粒粒沙落下。234Please respect copyright.PENANAfbQO9Pd0C6
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「有排你練習,嘿嘿。」她輕拍我肩膊說,「今日就到呢度為止喇,我都知你見攰。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAfX1iRKWNBH
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「……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAqvqrjWopHb
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「你有心事?」鈴兒問。234Please respect copyright.PENANAvGZVdgMKq9
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「無就假,我同你都會永遠咁被困呢度?」234Please respect copyright.PENANA49hXOk82A7
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感覺鈴兒在迴避著我的問題。234Please respect copyright.PENANAmES65xP8Qk
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「職員係喪失歸去之處嘅人,我地嘅歸去之處就係呢度……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAUdygUTIxCh
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「你點知?」我打斷鈴兒的重覆,決定拋出我的假說。234Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q0rXLG77N
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假如鈴兒是錯的。234Please respect copyright.PENANAbkIJqddJud
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假如鈴兒不是永遠正確的權威。234Please respect copyright.PENANAVJHaObqRo2
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「……你咩意思?」234Please respect copyright.PENANA2730MYa0nT
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我雙手一攤說:「鈴兒,你係呢度嘅唯一職員,呢個設定……或者話呢個結論係邊個同你講?係有員工手冊之類?我就覺得無,因為如果有你一定已經俾咗我睇。咁樣呢個解釋係邊個提出?」234Please respect copyright.PENANA7m0mbOeIlu
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「……」鈴兒沒有說話。234Please respect copyright.PENANAYpSAvO2bZM
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「如果只係你自己嘅假設,有無可能其實唔係咁?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAwapQkvXRX2
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「阡迴之門可以證實呢點。」234Please respect copyright.PENANA3sJfSXwlTZ
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「阡迴之門?」234Please respect copyright.PENANA071C5A03IR
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「跟我嚟。」234Please respect copyright.PENANA4813pqFALB
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我與鈴兒走到了附近的一扇門。234Please respect copyright.PENANAraCFh6BDTK
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「阡迴之門你知係點運作啦?但係當我諗住去睇自己嘅未來時。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAN6rWa6L1zE
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「叮…叮……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAOKoa1v87bB
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風鈴聲響起,眼前的門框滲出微光。234Please respect copyright.PENANANV80DBeGnL
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「就會咁。」234Please respect copyright.PENANA40l6Ffdr8D
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鈴兒打開阡迴之門,門後是一個巨大的天井,我們正在圍繞天井的空中迴廊之上。234Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Rl2AINo0
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「係阡迴旅館?」234Please respect copyright.PENANA9ijD3NT0JV
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「無錯,唔係平行宇宙,唔係過去,邊度都唔係,每次我打開阡迴之門想睇自己未來時,都只會返返嚟阡迴旅館。」鈴兒說,「即係話,並唔存在我返回常世嘅未來。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAl9qYBQ2jA1
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阡迴之門沒法通向不存在的未來。234Please respect copyright.PENANA8GgtTYopiF
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比方說,在千億萬個平行宇宙之中,有我當上美國總統的未來嗎?沒有的,無論我怎樣選擇,命運如何變化,決不可能出現我成為美國總統的未來。未來是有限的,就如我有生之年都不會登上火星,就如我有生之年都不會成為總統。234Please respect copyright.PENANAohkLSCs4Yc
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而且這是未來,是基於現實而成立;而現實,是基於過去而成立,具體來說例如我死去的父母,人死不能復生,無論怎樣選擇,我父母也決不可能復活,所以阡迴之門亦沒法通向我父母在世的未來。234Please respect copyright.PENANAYAJ2K7qJrG
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如是者,由鈴兒為自己打開阡迴之門的話,就只會通回阡迴旅館內某個隨機位置。234Please respect copyright.PENANAkwdkZAmCPu
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沒有回去常世的未來。234Please respect copyright.PENANA6eEC3MRYnu
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「唔好理道門!」我生氣地摔上打開的阡迴之門,「鈴兒,你有無地方想返去?!你有無未完成嘅夢想或者目標?!唔好理道門,問你自己個心就得!」234Please respect copyright.PENANAfK4SxcEphA
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本來以為我自己突破了鈴兒被阡迴之門宣告沒有未來的困境。234Please respect copyright.PENANAGk2s2clXuy
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本來我以為會得出「即使阡迴之門沒有通向任何地方,但鈴兒心中還有歸去之地」的結論。234Please respect copyright.PENANAPsCf1K855H
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可是,卻——234Please respect copyright.PENANAeMY0Koghks
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「無。」鈴兒說。234Please respect copyright.PENANAwXX3tPgYX9
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「都話唔使理咩阡迴之門……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAiMYuqa0yWv
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「但真係無,多謝你,阿柏,多謝你對我嘅事咁緊張,但真係無。」她說,「我真係就只想留係度,常世之中我無地方返去,我亦唔想返去。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAc0ViZc4ESK
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「真心咩……」234Please respect copyright.PENANAb8T2E3X4no
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「我個時已經……你明明都係一樣成為咗職員,應該都明白先岩。」鈴兒低聲道,「你想返去邊?」234Please respect copyright.PENANAUigNEkTqBp
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我一時間答不出來。234Please respect copyright.PENANAOYHWlSdHOq
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回家?當然了,我想回家。234Please respect copyright.PENANAmAqVU1zPyD
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但之後呢?234Please respect copyright.PENANAwD67JR4RSi
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他把自己的心臟交了給我,就只為了讓我成為這樣的人嗎?讓我呆在家中望天打卦?234Please respect copyright.PENANA945jU9M9RD
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我甚麼也不會成為的。234Please respect copyright.PENANAoJuGoL12mS
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繞了一圈,回到了最開首的那個問題:接下來,我還可以去哪兒?234Please respect copyright.PENANAGgJ1i5u90U
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我沒有答案……我「還」是沒有答案。234Please respect copyright.PENANAhrLuAzfqIZ
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「好好諗下,阿柏,我都希望你唔會永遠被困係度,我都希望你證明職員都可以返去常世,咁我返房先啦。」234Please respect copyright.PENANAVmDsmcGRnO
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等等——這二字我沒有說出口。234Please respect copyright.PENANADcdU5FyNMq
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她等我又如何?我還能說甚麼?234Please respect copyright.PENANA0HbqVz81jS
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看著鈴兒轉身離開的背影,我卻感到心中一陣沉重和無力感。234Please respect copyright.PENANA67FJRRtHNQ