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滴滴答……43Please respect copyright.PENANAsN6LHwAzSh
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回過神來時,是一整片的漆黑,唯一的聲響,只有不知何處傳出的,微弱的滴水聲。43Please respect copyright.PENANAuEWDGHCLz7
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四肢彷彿石化般僵硬,他甚至感受不到自己的身體,全身肌肉都在抵抗著,拒絕被驅使。43Please respect copyright.PENANAT5ODbYYUOy
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羅特注視著眼前的黑暗,足足呆愣了好一陣子——他沒想過自己還能夠活著醒來。43Please respect copyright.PENANAzQKbv561BU
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不,或許已經死了也說不定。如果是這樣的話,這裡一定是地獄。43Please respect copyright.PENANANm1QLnPMBo
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喀啦啦……43Please respect copyright.PENANABcFeg2b5Hb
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一移動,身體就像被驚醒般,發出筋骨分離的疼痛,彷彿在尖叫著讓他不要輕舉妄動。43Please respect copyright.PENANAvHyyrldjsW
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但比起這些,更讓他在意的是——43Please respect copyright.PENANAUGcPsxhAyI
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「艾拉?」43Please respect copyright.PENANAskDZ1uldWN
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他感受著懷中傳來的溫熱,低頭望去,卻什麼也看不清。43Please respect copyright.PENANAKOWkIoHjay
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「……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAgLg2LgS728
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靜默的空氣滲入胸腔,緊緊勒住他的心頭,隨著壓抑的心跳逐漸縮緊。43Please respect copyright.PENANAhki3Vr8lwa
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一下、一下,窒息感在死寂中蔓延開來,他不自覺地攥緊了掌心。43Please respect copyright.PENANAvnyN9GbTR3
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「哥哥……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAOMDR2reYlj
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艾拉的聲音宛如一道輕風,瞬間掃去了懸浮不定的恐懼。他不禁身體一軟,緊緊抱住了懷裡那具瘦弱的軀體。43Please respect copyright.PENANAfRtd8CJyX1
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「好痛……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAMPgIsnXRQL
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「抱歉!還好嗎?」43Please respect copyright.PENANAIcZdiCFBn7
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「嗯……」43Please respect copyright.PENANA0P7ZlUPFyU
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羅特下意識摸索著腰間,那袋裝著緊急用品與「寶藏」的背袋,早已在不久前的混亂中遺落。現在他身上唯一擁有的,只剩兩罐擠壓變形的破罐頭。43Please respect copyright.PENANAAgoUpqtI0d
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他扶著艾拉的後腦杓,小心翼翼地將她靠在牆角的石塊上。嘗試掙了掙手腕上的死結,將麻繩盡可能的拉長了幾厘米,但也就只能到這點程度了。43Please respect copyright.PENANA56NtxHYgrH
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「等我一下喔。」43Please respect copyright.PENANAJrp8PqmLIB
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他半跪著身,向水流聲的方向挪動幾步,一抬手,果真感受到一股冰涼的觸感流過指尖。43Please respect copyright.PENANAyKMaGsjHxg
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「喝點水吧。」他捧著淺淺一手水,靠著艾拉微微顫抖的唇。43Please respect copyright.PENANAuqsb8fvTnL
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是斷裂的管線嗎?還是地下水呢?他只知道,他們又被奇蹟救了一命。43Please respect copyright.PENANA5fpbZXqF5c
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然而,後來究竟發生了什麼?大家去了哪裡?地面上現在是什麼情況?他都全然不知,他甚至不敢大聲呼救,生怕引來的不是長著兩腳的人類。43Please respect copyright.PENANAc0slyLVuLM
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清水抹過面頰,帶走了那股苦澀的鐵鏽味。43Please respect copyright.PENANAhE9x12csM0
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「哥哥……想睡覺了……」艾拉潤了潤沙啞的聲音,弱弱地說。43Please respect copyright.PENANAPdOXzwkPeL
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「說得也是……妳也累了對吧?」43Please respect copyright.PENANAf7jzKQuQN1
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羅特輕輕摸了摸她的臉頰,他看不清艾拉臉上的傷勢,但仍從肌膚輕微的顫動中,感受到那股乏力而脆弱的觸感。43Please respect copyright.PENANAUzkG2Tcmzn
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「睡吧,這裡很安全的。」43Please respect copyright.PENANAqYWKCB1epw
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他不願多去想像,對他來說,妹妹現在還能夠正常的與他對話,43Please respect copyright.PENANA489NcC4NED
就是比什麼都重要的事情了。43Please respect copyright.PENANAeiSGUXCQcR
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沒錯,只要能夠這樣就好了。43Please respect copyright.PENANAnPHPf2MBzy
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……43Please respect copyright.PENANA1Shi1Za017
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伸手不見五指的地下鐵道內,連一絲光線也透不進來。羅特就這麼坐著,對著無邊的黑暗。43Please respect copyright.PENANAnMCUSFs2z6
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明明歷經了整夜的逃亡,此刻他卻感受不到一點睡意,在黑暗中,感官彷彿被放大了數倍,滴水聲、碎石剝落聲、砂礫翻開的細微聲……隨著一片寂靜的黑一點點壓迫而來,直至充斥耳膜。43Please respect copyright.PENANAbUo2n7veXD
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他的瞳孔不自然地放大,嘗試納入更多的光線,卻只是從幽暗中捕捉了淡淡的、不知何物的陰影。43Please respect copyright.PENANAuabWh8R2EB
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陰影的輪廓在他目不轉睛的注視下,悄悄地變化流轉,時而偷偷移動兩步,時而神不知鬼不覺地靠近,又在被他察覺後頓然消散,一道道陰影,彷彿在暗處窺視的鬼魅。43Please respect copyright.PENANAPCXeE9qV4s
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他知道,這些不過是幻覺而已。自從那一天,在意外堵死的防空洞中被闖入的蟲族屠殺,看著父母在面前被嚼食,他就患上了這種毛病,這種不由自主,幻想黑暗與寂靜的恐懼。43Please respect copyright.PENANAdYfvgOTfVE
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他知道,這些不過是心理作用而已,身為哥哥的他,應該要保持鎮定、保護妹妹才對。然而,全身的肌肉還是止不住地繃緊,呼吸不自覺地愈發急促、愈發粗重,沉悶的窒息感一點一滴地,拴住他的胸口。43Please respect copyright.PENANAmMdtM4eM2p
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「哥哥……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAjtNVwjOA7Y
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直到身後傳出艾拉那迷糊而朦朧的氣音。43Please respect copyright.PENANAPX6hnaTu0H
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「你……在發抖嗎?」43Please respect copyright.PENANAmUQWXbVN3v
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羅特頓時背脊一僵,這才察覺到自己不知何時已不受控制的雙手。43Please respect copyright.PENANARp6uSUWdya
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「嗯……可能是因為冷吧……抱歉,吵到妳了嗎?」他沒有回過頭,只是死死扣住了顫抖的手,試圖壓抑住內心的不安。43Please respect copyright.PENANAXYJQJ8hKCV
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他沒能說出實話,也不知道該如何說出,他不願揭開艾拉好不容易忘卻的傷疤,不願讓年幼的她承擔和他一樣的痛苦,哪怕代價是獨自一人,永遠守著那段悲慘的記憶。43Please respect copyright.PENANAHGZcllDmVL
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「哥哥會怕黑嗎?」43Please respect copyright.PENANAOmoLkiMtub
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「……」43Please respect copyright.PENANADrtwMUoM9Y
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聽著身後衣物摩擦的細微聲,他沒有作出回應,仍舊默默地注視著前方的黑暗。43Please respect copyright.PENANAjqwLALogHe
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「……」43Please respect copyright.PENANA97iQTJaCmJ
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一陣長達數秒的沉默後,艾拉終於開口問道:「是因為以前的事嗎?」43Please respect copyright.PENANA6D2CrPDmcW
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「艾拉?」他猛地轉身,卻驚見一抹稍縱即逝的火花。43Please respect copyright.PENANAO4LSlvUQGn
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啪……啪嚓——43Please respect copyright.PENANAWNwcLZ7xJp
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嘶——43Please respect copyright.PENANAmqUeQBIGp1
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火柴燃起了一團小小的火光,微弱的暖光瞬間點亮周遭的黑暗,徘徊的鬼魅霎時煙消雲散,隨之消失。43Please respect copyright.PENANAb2xYpsRP3P
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艾拉蜷縮著身體,將那支小小的火柴緊緊護在懷裡,像是對待著一件珍貴的易碎品。43Please respect copyright.PENANAKBoWFxcM0m
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陰影在那靜置的火柴盒上閃爍晃動,映照著紙板上那朵斑駁的、如焰似霞的橙色鬱金香,令羅特不禁放大了眼。43Please respect copyright.PENANA4TpsMIjekn
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「那個是……」43Please respect copyright.PENANA21l5JTo5fJ
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「這是……媽媽的收藏物。」艾拉微微低著頭,輕聲說道:「媽媽一直都很喜歡蒐集這種小東西,對吧?雖然爸爸都說,這是路邊隨便一個加油站就能撿到的東西。」43Please respect copyright.PENANAi1siduxX3x
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「那一天在逃跑的時候……順手從媽媽那撿回來的。」43Please respect copyright.PENANAhpMC1QlEW8
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柔和的火光在她頰上映出道道光影,也映出了她身上那一青一紫的、令人膽戰的傷痕,但她仍舊在疲倦的嘴角上,勾起一抹淺淺的弧線。43Please respect copyright.PENANATztsKzlj8m
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「艾拉……妳……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAlmFjGWoRn4
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「每一次、每一次點亮火柴的時候,我就感覺……自己好像又能再次見到媽媽了……」艾拉打斷他的話,將手裡的火柴握得更緊、更緊,緊到火焰幾乎要貼上了胸口。43Please respect copyright.PENANAyZZMmHfABB
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「每次看著火柴在燃燒的時候,我就感覺媽媽坐在我的身邊,在火柴燒完之前,默默的聽著我說話……」43Please respect copyright.PENANASKvYH7E3ed
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她的眼神有些迷離,彷彿視線穿透了跳動的火苗,看向了另一個遙遠的、不存在的時空。43Please respect copyright.PENANAt2Xw12vIzp
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感受到手心傳來的灼燙,艾拉輕輕拾起另一根火柴,巧妙地將火星傳遞出去。然後,她垂下了眼簾,細長的睫毛在眼窩投下落寞的陰影43Please respect copyright.PENANARykN8NbNau
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「因為哥哥好像一直努力想保護我的樣子,所以我不知道怎麼開口跟你說……對不起……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAbt1dil2JWh
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「我其實一直都記得哦……不管是爸爸媽媽被吃掉的時候,還是你拉著我躲起來的時候……」43Please respect copyright.PENANA5BQ0mcCHu2
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羅特深吸了口氣,雙手抓進凌亂的頭髮裡,默默垂下了頭。他直至現在才明白,這些年來刻意的守護與隱瞞,原來全都只是他的自作多情而已。43Please respect copyright.PENANAWxPInZaOQh
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「這樣啊,原來妳都記得啊……我還以為……」羅特咬緊因乾燥而滲血的牙齦,聲音隱隱帶著一絲壓抑的愧疚:「結果到頭來,我是個沒用的哥哥啊,什麼都沒保護到,還讓妳為了我……」43Please respect copyright.PENANAw1y4BV58sP
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「不對喔。」艾拉輕輕搖了搖頭,她挪動身體靠近了羅特,用那隻傷痕累累的小手,溫柔地覆蓋在羅特顫抖的拳頭上。43Please respect copyright.PENANAEeo9p0J4Gw
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「就是因為有哥哥一直在身邊保護我,我才能夠克服那種恐懼感,才能夠……再次正視那段過去。」43Please respect copyright.PENANARYEP4YcJCV
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她抬起頭,那雙在柔光中閃爍的眼睛直視著羅特,清澈得讓人揪心:「有你陪在身邊,我感覺……非常非常安心。謝謝你。」43Please respect copyright.PENANANigcSXvqTQ
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艾拉深吸一口氣,像是下定了某種決心,緩緩攤開掌心,將那個斑駁的鬱金香火柴盒遞到了羅特面前。43Please respect copyright.PENANATv2bQ6RJQp
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「這個,送給你。」43Please respect copyright.PENANA0sSzlITflY
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看著羅特愣愣地接過火柴盒,艾拉露出了今晚最燦爛、卻也最讓人心酸的笑容:「如果哪一天想要想起誰的話,就點燃一支就好了哦,很方便吧?」43Please respect copyright.PENANA6awGZmdrtn
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火光在狹窄的空間裡跳動,將兩人的影子長長地投射在斑駁的石塊上。羅特指尖顫抖著拿起那個冰冷而粗糙的小方盒,指腹摩挲著上面那朵橙色的鬱金香。43Please respect copyright.PENANAvryXx12CIf
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「傻瓜……」他聲音沙啞,想努力擠出一個像樣的笑容,眼眶卻不可抑制地泛紅:「這種東西,妳應該自己留著的。」43Please respect copyright.PENANA6uIhvbMbcB
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「但我現在有哥哥啊。」艾拉輕輕靠在他的肩膀上,小小的腦袋顯得格外沉重:「有哥哥在身邊,就不需要火柴了。而且……你比我更需要這個呢。」43Please respect copyright.PENANAjrRr4CFntr
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她說得理所當然,彷彿在這一刻,那個一直被保護的妹妹,才是真正一直守護著他的存在。43Please respect copyright.PENANAIMCGliSmXr
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「那麼……以後就由我來聽妳說吧。」他伸出手,找到了艾拉那隻冰涼的小手,緊緊握住:「不用火柴的那種。」43Please respect copyright.PENANAiN6AjTPJdB
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「嗯……」艾拉沒有回覆,只是輕輕點頭,帶著一絲沉悶而斷續的氣息。43Please respect copyright.PENANAk516Gc79lw
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然後,第二根火柴也燃到了盡頭,橘紅色的火星輕輕跳動了一下,隨即熄滅。43Please respect copyright.PENANANnhT9rBX8w
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黑暗再次籠罩了一切。43Please respect copyright.PENANAP1ADaBi0ad
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但這一次,沒有那些窺視的鬼魅。空氣中只剩下一絲淡淡的焦木味,以及兩個人交疊在一起、平穩卻微弱的呼吸聲。
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起點——直到那一天的黎明。
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