Mr.花豹

遠遠的就看見牠了，還是在路邊，一對情侶的身旁。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBTa23g5IZ
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那對情侶在吵架，牠離他們那樣近，他們卻視若無睹。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9GRLYIdQQ
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我在馬路的對面看著，被一隻豹看著自己與情人爭吵的感覺不知道是什麼…？465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyZ9Md4Fnx
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牠的頭慢慢低下，用牠的前腳掌拍了拍（還是摸？）自己的領結，幾分鐘後牠抬頭，看見了我。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu4XNuwLdW
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一瞬間讓我感覺自己是個偷窺狂。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNkEYBSySI
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花豹離開情侶，越過馬路來到我身旁。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhcL4COdMB
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「呃…我記得上次你跟我說，如果再遇到我，要把有關哀悼的事情告訴我。」為減緩尷尬氣氛，我只能先開口。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCZQu6xpKv
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「我剛剛正那樣做。」花豹說。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMGOJw6dBz
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「我以為你所謂的哀悼，是跟死亡有關的那種。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzvfyaP3t5
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牠說，很多事情都可以哀悼，逝去的生命當然是其中一種，剛剛牠所哀悼的，是逝去的愛情。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9aw0HcuDQ
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有時牠要替離家的游子哀悼；有時牠站在十字路口，為了十年前的一場車禍哀悼；或是在哪個女孩學會化妝與打扮後，為她哀悼。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEHHDLPSfE
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「逝去的，就不會再重生，唯一能做的就是哀悼，感謝他曾經出現。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuHXXNLQ4E
花豹說這句話的時候，沒有看著我。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINBgifL3O5
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我問牠，「哀悼」是牠的工作嗎，牠沉默了一會兒，說：「不是工作，但性質就像工作吧。」我聽不懂。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Pd494VlhG
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我又問，還有其他花豹或其他動物也和你做一樣的事嗎，牠說：「有的，但是不多，也多半不願意接近人類，這個世界上需要哀悼的對象太多了，人類不是首選。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6uV1EgrCS
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當我說「那像你們這樣的…」花豹突然插話，「這就是哀悼手不願意接近人類的原因。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64OkCCmhqH
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「什麼？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOm7LVdeSsM
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「你們、你們、我們、我們。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPmfZR9Mgq
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…我懂了。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLeJG01L7f
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「對不起。」我臉一紅，對於身為人類的自己。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TOIyWDqi1
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「沒關係，那是本能。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVLiLfsT3r
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「我們…呃，人類的本能？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhwBDgI4SE
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「是的，本能。『歸類』、『命名』、『階級』，樂此不疲。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77EvifbE5L
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我注意到牠從未提起「你們」。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IZtUHXEHK
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「我無意使妳內疚。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOktYJILhr
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「………」來不及啦，我覺得丟臉死了。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf21r37cIKT
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「可以幫我調一下領結嗎？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS2D011wuQ
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原來花豹是會笑的。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8drXF5bTrN
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我幫牠調整了領結，紳士的點了頭道謝後，牠就走了，說下次遇見的時候再聊。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1QSvCXQpl
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「畢竟這是個迫切需要哀悼的城市。」

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