「既然佢係呢度，一定會再見到佢嘅。」我說。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RiDnrzuSR
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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？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WFf4Fg2DD
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「就算我搵到返去嘅動機同地方？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzNuY6Y9GJ
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcS3RVXxJh
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7KiYUZJZr
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鈴兒清脆的聲音，在阡迴旅館的天井之間迴盪。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUResxosQZ
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卻使我心頭一震！235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHzscLXCr1
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW1fpJFWDj
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甚麼解鈴之人。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoi7srsS7b
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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？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ43lbuWMG
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鈴兒頓一頓，沒有說話。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44fxHwOzlZ
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「我無。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX7qTVVpKS
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接著簡單的一句，伴著心碎的哽咽。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeW0fkmKY0
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「鈴兒……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBfyti31fr
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKxIecFove
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「你真係無事？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRUFFtHBTy
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQJqX27fHj
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGKp8GTDEe
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj45og5WFIo
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「明……明白。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09s0IbM1Eh
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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！235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5Hr880geh
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「最重要係提供動機，就推因素同拉因素而言……阿柏？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFKtBZXe9l
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「嗚…嗯？我聽緊啊？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wlPsAqcg3
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鈴兒看看我，然後淺淺一笑：「今次就講住咁多先啦。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqEGkkzaho
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「多謝你，前輩！」真的很善解人意呢。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtivb98I4zL
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlaLxe8uAR
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「時間流操作？有咩好練習。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeAvF8GGyO
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncnZj7UiwK
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo6QyaMIEg
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa8jbMr7rh
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「好。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrrsGNLR2U
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沙漏中的沙被停下。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxBmpf6N50
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「唔係叫你暫定時間，係緩速。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b9bu6AOLt
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「我係打算緩速啊。咦？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8PdXmUzoY
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精神才一放鬆，馬上就見一縷沙滑落。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6LwDyVa6s
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「點樣？無想像中易係唔係？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTYjiRArRZ
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「呃……呃……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H8y713WbH
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精度…沒法提高！簡單就像如履薄冰！235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1QpKifIEy
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiP4Gh2aa1
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSsyW3MmdY
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「……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ75JJWZF4G
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「你有心事？」鈴兒問。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM31ruFFnj3
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「無就假，我同你都會永遠咁被困呢度？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvz3MlmI7k
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感覺鈴兒在迴避著我的問題。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzXWPw3Ig7
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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……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00M3VWzXir
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「你點知？」我打斷鈴兒的重覆，決定拋出我的假說。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoijHDL3Ntc
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假如鈴兒是錯的。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPinSz5acsr
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假如鈴兒不是永遠正確的權威。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4CppNaEUv
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「……你咩意思？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqtJL9ebsU
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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？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakjB6o9G8x
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「……」鈴兒沒有說話。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAH1F7JuSN
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「如果只係你自己嘅假設，有無可能其實唔係咁？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCuR83O0qD
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「阡迴之門可以證實呢點。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlYF5hINn8
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「阡迴之門？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpUE72bHnx
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「跟我嚟。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oKKW0RZqJ
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我與鈴兒走到了附近的一扇門。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6QHZTkcdJ
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1uEYmQTFk
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「叮…叮……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1JCQq1ool
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風鈴聲響起，眼前的門框滲出微光。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32nKaLt91L
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「就會咁。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4qmT7Umra
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozQjUcTs8f
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「係阡迴旅館？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJsCNAFrds
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XcT4sa2cY
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阡迴之門沒法通向不存在的未來。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zywPSh5pt
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYzBAuMqvV
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDTpI46VFm
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8EbaHAcLX
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沒有回去常世的未來。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN9lCNk4vZ
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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！」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihf1HceulP
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQIbv3aEGU
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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。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqpByO2CGO
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可是，卻——235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQkEiTnUJh
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「無。」鈴兒說。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFLGXHSHN6
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「都話唔使理咩阡迴之門……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevvfjGUhhH
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZLoubmLVx
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「真心咩……」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9Xtz21Zk9
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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？」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRHDd8hTXd
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我一時間答不出來。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPaWwmJo4r
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回家？當然了，我想回家。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKqIaeVh0m
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但之後呢？235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7e20WEODo
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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？235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeStWvdPHcs
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我甚麼也不會成為的。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe0AoH88Ih
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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？235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi0sdRHgz5
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我沒有答案……我「還」是沒有答案。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTSIGoYoXZ
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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。」235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy95nWSGlG
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等等——這二字我沒有說出口。235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTLxcfnewZ
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