「既然佢係呢度，一定會再見到佢嘅。」我說。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3KlcJv6Xt
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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？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswlxr2pYfp
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「就算我搵到返去嘅動機同地方？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtsii2JSvF
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnXHMkxd1i
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHN77kZr58
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鈴兒清脆的聲音，在阡迴旅館的天井之間迴盪。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApf7yRzXgu
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卻使我心頭一震！257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNczwc8oB17
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2jJys2FJ9
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甚麼解鈴之人。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ2UCiQFcl
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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？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKKLptmmT2
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鈴兒頓一頓，沒有說話。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCH8fvyCwvd
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「我無。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7Atdlp0uR
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接著簡單的一句，伴著心碎的哽咽。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUYoYL3oC7
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「鈴兒……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq01WPqMv2
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUrSoSqo4y
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「你真係無事？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW07k4nZTfJ
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXzgnaEyGP
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKUeiHPlAb
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1GSCmrquu
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「明……明白。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGn7Z1oLUS
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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！257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomuUC81jN5
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「最重要係提供動機，就推因素同拉因素而言……阿柏？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMzUaEaMrx
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「嗚…嗯？我聽緊啊？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBoWr6uesl
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鈴兒看看我，然後淺淺一笑：「今次就講住咁多先啦。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ125MG0iGBb
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「多謝你，前輩！」真的很善解人意呢。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOeAAnW6sn
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZFcTwqsPP
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「時間流操作？有咩好練習。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUFmwHB73O
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb8IFiBWK2
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DcMSxJebB
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYEdeUztJt
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「好。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFoFkn5Fbd
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沙漏中的沙被停下。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7jls7jhns
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「唔係叫你暫定時間，係緩速。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJOkdOGNCq
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「我係打算緩速啊。咦？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TGopL0yeN
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精神才一放鬆，馬上就見一縷沙滑落。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2hFhFpuiz
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「點樣？無想像中易係唔係？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J3jBhL8rX
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「呃……呃……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjymTTA0EQA
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精度…沒法提高！簡單就像如履薄冰！257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfxoYwuhC1
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6tY1tgRl5
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5oz16M9LX
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「……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nh9cdQfpQ
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「你有心事？」鈴兒問。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFdhq3qZqz
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「無就假，我同你都會永遠咁被困呢度？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJRTPBpj5e
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感覺鈴兒在迴避著我的問題。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsZwf5zf2s
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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……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgCX9avqpF
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「你點知？」我打斷鈴兒的重覆，決定拋出我的假說。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs8EcnGsPh
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假如鈴兒是錯的。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RzjcNDZaD
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假如鈴兒不是永遠正確的權威。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36r1HQUceK
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「……你咩意思？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHBxC7DbLt
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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？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslUJ0iWDrf
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「……」鈴兒沒有說話。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRf0kmfJk6
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「如果只係你自己嘅假設，有無可能其實唔係咁？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdUjrKj9Tb
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「阡迴之門可以證實呢點。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKNIUth6Xp
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「阡迴之門？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiXF2GdCwz
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「跟我嚟。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrysg3yaGce
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我與鈴兒走到了附近的一扇門。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl351vSJUA
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqgKBgF8AN
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「叮…叮……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasL7ifRqql
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風鈴聲響起，眼前的門框滲出微光。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hOaXWyKaT
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「就會咁。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfnynOMxNG
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZFPMJNUCn
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「係阡迴旅館？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD5VMQQBeC
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07If6Qt8Zm
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阡迴之門沒法通向不存在的未來。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrW4QSG5xTy
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsJBHoyqBr
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltaphLHZJk
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa6Ni1I7EX
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沒有回去常世的未來。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUmgqm0vK7
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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！」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQYuaHHowf
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd18vzHqSFh
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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。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuR6PtqURz
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可是，卻——257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVtDUAU1f2
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「無。」鈴兒說。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwEPlog5x2
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「都話唔使理咩阡迴之門……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQMwWZejmT
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZODRs5MZG
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「真心咩……」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAxVcRuaGA
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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？」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKmoXlJG7M
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我一時間答不出來。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxunsDMUjDw
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回家？當然了，我想回家。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uYopokyyz
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但之後呢？257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd31dlPpML
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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？257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYWM9qDsYl
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我甚麼也不會成為的。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXJ3ZXhHqk
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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？257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlebKDEy1Uj
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我沒有答案……我「還」是沒有答案。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHlduC2ClL
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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。」257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MV0E5Dacn
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等等——這二字我沒有說出口。257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn9uwawYWN
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