「既然佢係呢度,一定會再見到佢嘅。」我說。404Please respect copyright.PENANAlolyztIMNE
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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?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAVI9Q6WdVL9
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「就算我搵到返去嘅動機同地方?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAYFUhDQT3ye
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAGasmcCspXt
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAI0Hw80BpXj
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鈴兒清脆的聲音,在阡迴旅館的天井之間迴盪。404Please respect copyright.PENANAxhUEgxjAY2
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卻使我心頭一震!404Please respect copyright.PENANAY1ms3Ixscb
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAdFSvg7iYGl
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甚麼解鈴之人。404Please respect copyright.PENANAkybuyUSCZA
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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?」404Please respect copyright.PENANA5LYjU3xOU7
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鈴兒頓一頓,沒有說話。404Please respect copyright.PENANACxbXhFQiFp
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「我無。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAmLSCaHI3bA
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接著簡單的一句,伴著心碎的哽咽。404Please respect copyright.PENANAcgImtFQcMo
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「鈴兒……」404Please respect copyright.PENANAgYXHe5MiP2
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAuYsVMO41n1
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「你真係無事?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAnNGjmZp3eq
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0UaC2oVe5
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAksVidOOFUk
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAitmFws9tvn
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「明……明白。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA3VwNB6xBlq
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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!404Please respect copyright.PENANAELNHIAGVfI
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「最重要係提供動機,就推因素同拉因素而言……阿柏?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAe3JFNb5Yd6
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「嗚…嗯?我聽緊啊?」404Please respect copyright.PENANA68uRG79LAo
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鈴兒看看我,然後淺淺一笑:「今次就講住咁多先啦。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA0QnK8pskyl
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「多謝你,前輩!」真的很善解人意呢。404Please respect copyright.PENANAU6bzpc57p0
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAJQXYAsEtmt
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「時間流操作?有咩好練習。」404Please respect copyright.PENANATMDLG33dNP
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAMor3OJr0Z1
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAgjrNA9NWdy
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA0nbYmRalb9
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「好。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA1JYlvRNYCj
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沙漏中的沙被停下。404Please respect copyright.PENANAFgVP5xN5RY
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「唔係叫你暫定時間,係緩速。」404Please respect copyright.PENANARgwJ9cBEat
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「我係打算緩速啊。咦?」404Please respect copyright.PENANA73rFyr7DP9
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精神才一放鬆,馬上就見一縷沙滑落。404Please respect copyright.PENANAyRpepzwMap
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「點樣?無想像中易係唔係?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAkcH30io5Uk
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「呃……呃……」404Please respect copyright.PENANA14ilDxwkoq
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精度…沒法提高!簡單就像如履薄冰!404Please respect copyright.PENANAO9BGNkvPfS
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANATXTR44jGuV
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAxUcZwISEZA
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「……」404Please respect copyright.PENANAInxvR4iczK
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「你有心事?」鈴兒問。404Please respect copyright.PENANAVO3i6G9bDY
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「無就假,我同你都會永遠咁被困呢度?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAvolW3Rk2mB
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感覺鈴兒在迴避著我的問題。404Please respect copyright.PENANArhGvTdaqXR
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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……」404Please respect copyright.PENANAPCoyhX3YwD
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「你點知?」我打斷鈴兒的重覆,決定拋出我的假說。404Please respect copyright.PENANAkiusW9k31t
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假如鈴兒是錯的。404Please respect copyright.PENANA7rlbuPAr7P
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假如鈴兒不是永遠正確的權威。404Please respect copyright.PENANAosLwcE47De
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「……你咩意思?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAxU71nz6htx
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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?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAM1lSZBWDM5
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「……」鈴兒沒有說話。404Please respect copyright.PENANAdIdPXqdMNZ
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「如果只係你自己嘅假設,有無可能其實唔係咁?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAaypLhlEVel
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「阡迴之門可以證實呢點。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAM2OBRQbYPQ
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「阡迴之門?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAklkFp5sJla
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「跟我嚟。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAIZZ7WWgrEk
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我與鈴兒走到了附近的一扇門。404Please respect copyright.PENANAp4T2qr0ghq
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAkAh0cWIBPf
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「叮…叮……」404Please respect copyright.PENANATz1r9FEgyh
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風鈴聲響起,眼前的門框滲出微光。404Please respect copyright.PENANAP9cL4zXTdS
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「就會咁。」404Please respect copyright.PENANAxpUvn3doR4
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAs2DkyHbSqJ
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「係阡迴旅館?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAIMN8pnrPm1
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA5v3VsdusMa
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阡迴之門沒法通向不存在的未來。404Please respect copyright.PENANAfy11VJ0aif
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAZL5DPDTAif
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAqMNQQ7jKhg
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANA6pELKF63zA
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沒有回去常世的未來。404Please respect copyright.PENANABXaHrHXh9o
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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!」404Please respect copyright.PENANAm0SNFO6jNa
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAdg0kpDHBLA
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAHgQzjTp67y
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可是,卻——404Please respect copyright.PENANACyRgT7RSJu
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「無。」鈴兒說。404Please respect copyright.PENANAf9l02vK6zX
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「都話唔使理咩阡迴之門……」404Please respect copyright.PENANAebHfegri6h
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA9yINiqZq5h
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「真心咩……」404Please respect copyright.PENANAoOhj8pgjq2
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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?」404Please respect copyright.PENANAEeKbOmWuJq
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我一時間答不出來。404Please respect copyright.PENANAlh50Uyey3z
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回家?當然了,我想回家。404Please respect copyright.PENANAXrQ7bquC3u
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但之後呢?404Please respect copyright.PENANA4wlopQpvsE
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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?404Please respect copyright.PENANAE1CbMQv0VC
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我甚麼也不會成為的。404Please respect copyright.PENANAOoixpmINHV
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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?404Please respect copyright.PENANAf1gHA98FSo
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我沒有答案……我「還」是沒有答案。404Please respect copyright.PENANA3UJfJwVEof
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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。」404Please respect copyright.PENANA9J5daJikIE
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等等——這二字我沒有說出口。404Please respect copyright.PENANAoBFStT13lX
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她等我又如何?我還能說甚麼?404Please respect copyright.PENANAtNKWHfOCju
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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。404Please respect copyright.PENANAOFgFgeCgd1
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《阡 迴 旅 館》——開歸去之路,渡迷途之人
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陳立正

ISSUE #12
第四章:迷失在異世彼岸 二之節
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