「既然佢係呢度，一定會再見到佢嘅。」我說。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOknFPFJwSU
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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？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQjbDeROxr
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「就算我搵到返去嘅動機同地方？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCWOnEThCZ
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZY3wtwPDB
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7HFm5v7WO
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鈴兒清脆的聲音，在阡迴旅館的天井之間迴盪。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MdBqvwkIK
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卻使我心頭一震！304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUvMWhA7ZA
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMrMDtWKOe
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甚麼解鈴之人。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnaluHaA9l
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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？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NyhTpy2qH
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鈴兒頓一頓，沒有說話。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21nphGfyJ0
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「我無。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4Q2OgRhp9
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接著簡單的一句，伴著心碎的哽咽。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsMytDDhX0
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「鈴兒……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUfjsa5IDd
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwkfwTdzL9
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「你真係無事？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H84IkURKH
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUtMbDLY5F
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuA8id92I5V
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVEalmUMmD
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「明……明白。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV7mXEO4Gx
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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！304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfvi7HWHwC
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「最重要係提供動機，就推因素同拉因素而言……阿柏？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQ4Ss32zVO
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「嗚…嗯？我聽緊啊？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItOfIWftvs
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鈴兒看看我，然後淺淺一笑：「今次就講住咁多先啦。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0W4PVf6gf
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「多謝你，前輩！」真的很善解人意呢。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySLka3N6W7
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSQfmhCgi9
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「時間流操作？有咩好練習。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmKALKNWiI
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLbGPCgKNf
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KEkzwIOKK
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebuM4D8y6B
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「好。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRpxjrpDv1
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沙漏中的沙被停下。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB2YiNPhLU
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「唔係叫你暫定時間，係緩速。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLfHmfESLm
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「我係打算緩速啊。咦？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlIXz21Nyz
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精神才一放鬆，馬上就見一縷沙滑落。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFrctCCNh3
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「點樣？無想像中易係唔係？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs242OaTaK4
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「呃……呃……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXHmRRc7nN
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精度…沒法提高！簡單就像如履薄冰！304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuRAaloiCz
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3cRwhJmGk
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvhwKWMco3
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「……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf59luEWg0A
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「你有心事？」鈴兒問。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dEl5uDuL5
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「無就假，我同你都會永遠咁被困呢度？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6ofKeO1dg
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感覺鈴兒在迴避著我的問題。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaml3oBdL9W
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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……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHJlhwyXA3
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「你點知？」我打斷鈴兒的重覆，決定拋出我的假說。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNurgt2bYFt
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假如鈴兒是錯的。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAfld3lqaC
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假如鈴兒不是永遠正確的權威。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIiObNSINT
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「……你咩意思？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJekVGeC23
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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？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzKRrDL6AF
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「……」鈴兒沒有說話。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY1oIczyPY
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「如果只係你自己嘅假設，有無可能其實唔係咁？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkfECGZUh1
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「阡迴之門可以證實呢點。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRLSqsVgaG
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「阡迴之門？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbtMyahRNp
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「跟我嚟。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7jylDrmnN
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我與鈴兒走到了附近的一扇門。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR4NRjKVFw
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIT37TLr6vN
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「叮…叮……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkNPIUxipx
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風鈴聲響起，眼前的門框滲出微光。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRN9om81kW
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「就會咁。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dNwOK7tvL
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ckym5gtIE
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「係阡迴旅館？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0rv7rZClg
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUc2RG4lsE
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阡迴之門沒法通向不存在的未來。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BhHrCfYdb
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8fqWMp3Kk
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJsXsLrHKK
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIx3y1KXCh
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沒有回去常世的未來。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FWqpGNH8n
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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！」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfsxN07t2J
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghPzCFko9l
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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。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRwH09sGdV
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可是，卻——304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQ9tsbQfsN
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「無。」鈴兒說。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAlgE1wtA0
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「都話唔使理咩阡迴之門……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHMpEwVSEw
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfN4SOBoQFU
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「真心咩……」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY25g28jnlA
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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？」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfy5tktAgu
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我一時間答不出來。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7noUWekPH
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回家？當然了，我想回家。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSIYl3NZxZ
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但之後呢？304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsasGl5KB5y
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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？304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt36myUGU86
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我甚麼也不會成為的。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwChQ2beOtm
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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？304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4YgS2dYXM
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我沒有答案……我「還」是沒有答案。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfo6DYBKjJ
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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。」304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4Ssk8fRIb
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等等——這二字我沒有說出口。304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtgKcaLIWb
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