電梯在狹窄的通道緩緩上升,生鏽的鐵柵欄發出哐啷的晃動聲。164Please respect copyright.PENANAsFyJw2nc8s
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和來時一樣,羅特站在電梯一側,荷布希站在電梯的另一隅,尷尬得像兩個素昧平生的陌生人。164Please respect copyright.PENANAKtsF3WcAYu
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「我說……一定得把牆壁打壞才行嗎?」羅特率先打破沉默。164Please respect copyright.PENANAdGfd5KmQ2u
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「對不起,下次會注意。」她說這話時,面部神經沒有任何波動,就像在指令性的回覆。164Please respect copyright.PENANA2wS6OzBom9
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羅特嘆了口氣。164Please respect copyright.PENANAuAHYOKI8HG
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「妳不是可以那個嗎?用眼神就讓對方睡著之類的。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAPeOaX1a3sE
「我以為你不喜歡那樣。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAeJkhHXEWUF
「我是。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAq3gdamw3h3
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荷布希轉頭,似乎在思考這段話的邏輯。164Please respect copyright.PENANA2UnsZH3JFq
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「沒關係,妳就跟平常一樣就好了。」他聳了聳肩。164Please respect copyright.PENANAqAbrmREZEF
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「對人類來說,催眠比碎大石的拳頭要可怕得多。」164Please respect copyright.PENANA6T2ytObJ0t
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荷布希微微頷首。164Please respect copyright.PENANAAItuFc8n6U
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「我知道了,羅特。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAqSYXwqzWbQ
「先生……」164Please respect copyright.PENANADCFBKxFofT
「先生。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAdE7H4yU8jx
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潮濕的氣味隨著上升漸漸淡去,取而代之的是乾燥的消毒劑和舊紙張的味道。164Please respect copyright.PENANAQgUhXNzzUw
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荷布希難得地抬起頭,感受空氣中的變化。164Please respect copyright.PENANArlbZxXF2X3
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「剛才,妳說的害怕是什麼?」164Please respect copyright.PENANAAFnLazlQNF
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荷布希觸角微微震動,灰底的瞳孔多了一絲光點。164Please respect copyright.PENANAFprGwWlrhT
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「阿蜜特嗎?」164Please respect copyright.PENANAAOTiWs9XlI
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「沒錯。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAbKbd2fYQSm
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她低頭思考片刻,僵得像一塊靜止的冰雕,羅特沒有催促,他知道她正在組織著大腦中為數不多的詞彙。164Please respect copyright.PENANAFV6OgKvwHW
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「她在害怕我的進化。」她終於開口說道。164Please respect copyright.PENANA7mT2G4inIZ
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「妳是指人格?」164Please respect copyright.PENANA8LIEk4PvAG
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「嗯。」荷布希點頭,接著說:「以前,母體連接我們的意識,告訴我們該怎麼做……我們都是母體,母體也是我們。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAXMf1tSI7WI
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「但人類殺死母體之後,這些就沒有了。然後,第一次有了……那個……『我』。」164Please respect copyright.PENANA3E5yEtt59Z
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「妳指個體意識。」164Please respect copyright.PENANA72q2Uix9OM
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「嗯,『個體意識』。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAu31wZ8Geg9
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她的詞彙有些生澀,生澀得像剛學會課文的孩子,即便那是能一手摧毀鋼筋的「怪物」。164Please respect copyright.PENANAjrrRWDX83W
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這也是人類,乃至戰後蟲族最大的挑戰。164Please respect copyright.PENANAMB9r9RupXW
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「然後……阿蜜特跟那些一樣,沒能突破那個地方。」她伸手輕觸了自己的額頭。164Please respect copyright.PENANAlzw4bX4JwY
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「妳是說它沒能產生自我人格,變成理智喪失的怪物嗎?」164Please respect copyright.PENANAoWZ18DvbrW
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「她沒辦法接受。」荷布希聲音很輕,輕得像落在湖面上的羽毛,卻又比任何時刻來得沉重。164Please respect copyright.PENANAqwLgMU1t6Y
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「她沒辦法接受不是群體的自己,只能用本能……驅使自己。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAtbgeXklTdg
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羅特有些愣住,這是他第一次聽說的,無論是軍隊還是研究員,都未曾有過的說法。164Please respect copyright.PENANAlSBLzfpnMi
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「我和阿蜜特都是『蛾』種,在我感應到她的時候,她也感應到我了。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAfJYGWZRDsQ
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「所以她很害怕,我的存在對她來說是可怕的。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAJN16KHQ3Y0
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「她害怕突破……『個體意識』的我,是成功的進化,那樣的話,就代表她是失敗的了。」164Please respect copyright.PENANApYrcfA8htF
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偶爾的時候,荷布希的話會像現在這樣變多。羅特有時分不清,那些究竟是在陳述事實,還是屬於她「個人」的想法。164Please respect copyright.PENANA3ltp3bKv9X
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「當它有這種想法的時候,就已經站在個體的角度了。」羅特從口袋抽出一支菸,輕輕點燃了結論。164Please respect copyright.PENANAFdUT4PYM1D
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「是這樣嗎?」荷布希眨了眨眼,低頭陷入思考。164Please respect copyright.PENANAcBM89d38V5
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羅特重重吐了口白煙,身體消化著剛才那從未產生過的想法。164Please respect copyright.PENANADADhSlBxGT
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現在能獨自說出這番話的新蟲族,是否已經超越了當年母體一心執著的「進化」?164Please respect copyright.PENANAhS86zOKZ8s
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「那東西是有害物。」荷布希輕聲說道。164Please respect copyright.PENANAZiiiasRRUC
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「我知道。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAXKeJlkEL71
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「那……為什麼?」164Please respect copyright.PENANAOs95qS6LAw
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羅特嘆了口氣。164Please respect copyright.PENANAj6wRE0VsTP
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「別管我了,就讓我抽抽吧。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAAjq8UCIV2q
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荷布希轉過頭去,不再說話。164Please respect copyright.PENANAOob8QoJQ5g
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直到一陣震動聲和碰撞,電梯抵達了最初的地方。羅特拉開鐵閘,沒有率先走出,而是待荷布希出去後,才並行跟上。164Please respect copyright.PENANAkuLEIy8BpG
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他必須確保這位「夥伴」隨時處在他視線可及的範圍。164Please respect copyright.PENANAdyeCfUfkmp
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「羅特,她會怎麼樣?」荷布希走在他的身側,陽光透過窗戶映照出她面容的陰影。164Please respect copyright.PENANANxeVWV1zu3
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「會回到『那個地方』,跟其他失調者關在一起。」164Please respect copyright.PENANAr1Y3fy6qkT
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得到答案後她輕輕點頭,不再說話。164Please respect copyright.PENANA8kvhMQLxvt
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對她們來說,要完美突破個人意識的界線產生獨立人格還是太過困難,大部分被俘虜的蟲族終其一生,也只能待在那不見天日的,幽暗的收容區。164Please respect copyright.PENANAlzC6rIap8S
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然而對於覺醒人格的那些蟲族們,這條路才剛剛踏上了起點。


