隨想
Random Thoughts
1/86
逃出「內部」並回到現實的「正面」後，女主角和女祭司鬆了一口氣，確認一切如常。別無選擇，她們只好再次朝廣場走去。
Having escaped the ‘inside’ and returned to the ’frontal side’ of reality, the diva and the priestess confirmed with relief that everything was as it should be. With no other option, they set off back towards the square.
2/86
「這真是赤裸裸的嘲弄！」Matilda喊道。「我們完全是在白費力氣。」
“This is sheer mockery!” shouted Matilda. “We’re on a complete hiding to nowhere.”
3/86
「白費什麼？」Itfut問。「我不總是理解你的表達方式。」 「我是說我們的情況看起來不妙。」
“Hiding what?” asked Itfut. “I don’t always understand your expressions.” “I said that things don’t look good for us.”
4/86
「要麼是神明對什麼事情生氣了，要麼是我們被送來接受某種考驗或啟蒙。」
“Either the Gods are angry about something, or we are being sent a test or initiation of some kind.”
5/86
「接下來你會告訴我，我們得安撫你的這些神明，給他們獻祭品！」
“You’ll be telling me next that we’ve got to placate these Gods of yours and make them a sacrifice!”
6/86
「不，那是原始民族的做法。我們更傾向於努力達到神明的完美，達到他們的層次，這樣我們就能像他們一樣掌控現實的法則。」
“No, that’s what primitive peoples do. We’re more inclined to strive towards the perfection of the Gods, to reach their level, so that we can command the laws of reality as they do.”
7/86
「Futi，那就命令這個現實帶我們回家吧！」
“Futi, then command this reality to take us home!”
8/86
「我還不知道怎麼做。我的記憶有問題。過去的一切都模糊不清。」
“I don’t know how to yet. There’s something wrong with my memory. The past is all a blur.”
9/86
「好吧，我的現實目前就是一場不斷的噩夢。」
“Well, my reality is currently one continual nightmare.”
10/86
精疲力竭的她們終於回到了她們第一次在廣場巨石旁相遇的地方。
Exhausted, they finally returned to the spot where they first met beside the megalith in the square.
11/86
「那麼，你怎麼看？我們要不要去另一邊試試運氣，那裡一切都在搖晃？」Itfut建議道。
“So, what do you think? Shall we go and test our fate on the other side, where everything is wavering?” Itfut suggested.
12/86
「不。我已經受夠了。我們需要休息，至少得吃點東西，」Matilda說。
“No. I’ve had enough. We need to rest and at least have something to eat,” said Matilda.
13/86
「這裡有地方可以吃點東西嗎？」
“Is there anywhere here that we can get something to eat?”
14/86
「你餓了嗎，Futi？我不知道怎麼回事，但華麗搖滾們說hlevjun給他們食物。」
“Are you hungry, Futi? I don’t know how, but the glamrocks said that hlevjun gives them food.”
15/86
「什麼是hlevjun？」
“What hlevjun?”
16/86
「嗯，巨石，至少他們是這麼叫的。來吧，我們去看看。」
“Um, the megalith, at least that’s what they called it. Come on, let’s go take a look.”
17/86
她們走進去四處查看。
They went inside and looked around.
18/86
「哦！頭不見了！」Matilda驚訝地喊道。「頭？什麼頭？」
“Oh! The head’s disappeared!” Matilda exclaimed in surprise. “Head? What head?”
19/86
「這裡的基座上有一個頭，華麗搖滾的神，但現在它不見了！」
“There was a head here on that plinth, the glamorc, their kind of God, but now it’s gone!”
20/86
祭壇確實消失了，取而代之的是一個大約三米高、一米半直徑的圓柱，由類似染色玻璃的材料製成。女主角和女祭司繞著圓柱走，觸摸著其光滑的表面，沒有一絲細節或裝飾。
The altar had in fact disappeared and, in its place, stood a cylinder about three meters high and one-and-a-half meters in diameter made from a tinted glass-like material. The diva and the priestess wandered round the cylinder touching its smooth surface which was devoid of the slightest detail or embellishment.
21/86
「看，它沒有反射任何東西，」Itfut說。
“Look, it does not reflect anything,” said Itfut.
22/86
「而且你也看不透它的側面，」Matilda說。「有趣，這是什麼，作用是什麼？」
“And you can’t see through the sides either,” said Matilda. “Interesting, what is it and what’s it for?”
23/86
「我們四處看看，探索一下吧。」
“Let’s take a look around and explore.”
24/86
她們繞著巨石的整個內部空間走了一圈，但沒有發現任何特別不尋常的東西。牆壁上有半突出的柱子，向上彎曲成高聳的拱門。從某個下面的地方，一道綠光從凹處流出。沒有任何細節能暗示有設備或控制面板的存在。
They walked around the megalith’s entire interior space but did not find anything exceptionally unusual. Along the walls there were half-protruding columns, which, curving upwards, turned into a high-reaching arch. From somewhere below, a green light was streaming out of an enclave. There was not a single detail that could have suggested the presence of a device or control panel.
25/86
「你說這裡可能有食物？」Itfut說。「嗯，他們是這麼說的。」
“You said there might be food here?” said Itfut. “Well, that’s what they said.”
26/86
她們再次走近圓柱。
They approached the cylinder again.
27/86
「我覺得這東西有某種功能，」Matilda說。「我們只需要理解它怎麼運作。一定有個按鈕或什麼的在某個地方。」
“I think this thing has some kind of function,” said Matilda. “We just need to understand how it works. There must be a button or something somewhere.”
28/86
「什麼是按鈕？」Itfut問。
“What is a button?” asked Itfut.
29/86
「就是一個你按下去然後會發生事情的東西，比如食物出現。」 「真的有這種事情發生嗎？」
“It’s a thing you press and then something happens, like food appears.” “Does that kind of thing really happen?”
30/86
「是的，在我的世界裡有這樣的機器，只是你得先投錢進去，然後按下按鈕，它就會給你食物或水。」
“Yes, in my world there are machines like this, only you have to put money in first, then you press the button and it gives you food or water.”
31/86
「Tili，我不太明白你在說什麼，反正這裡沒有任何按鈕。」
“Tili, I don’t really get what you’re talking about, anyway, there isn’t any button here.”
32/86
「一定有的。那我們該怎麼辦？」
“There must be. Then what are we going to do?”
33/86
「據我所知，你不一定總要做什麼才能得到。」 「你是什麼意思？」
“As far as I know, you don’t always have to do something in order to receive.” “What do you mean?”
34/86
「嗯，比如說，你無法做什麼讓雨下來或者讓太陽出來。你不能強迫它下雨或陽光普照。但如果你非常想要某樣東西，它們可以和你一起想要同樣的東西。」
“Well, there is nothing you can do to make it rain for example or make the sun come out. And you can’t force it to rain or the sun to shine. But if you want something very badly, they can want the same thing with you.”
35/86
「哇！」Matilda完全驚訝地看著女祭司。「我從沒聽過有人這樣說！但你說的有些道理……等等！我已經在這裡成功過一次了！」
“Wow! Matilda stared at the priestess in complete amazement. “I have never heard anyone talk like that! But there is something in what you say... Wait! I have had success with something here already!”
36/86
女主角整理了一下她的蝴蝶結，開始來回踱步，低聲說著什麼。
The diva straightened her bow and started whispering something while pacing back and forth.
37/86
「你在做什麼？」Itfut問。「不管用。該死！」
“What are you doing?” asked Itfut. “It’s not working. Damn!”
38/86
就在那時，圓柱內部開始嗡嗡作響，一個部分彈出，上面放著一個小盒子。
At that moment, something started buzzing inside the cylinder and a segment emerged, on top of which lay a small box.
39/86
「我不敢相信！」Matilda驚呼。
“I don’t believe it!” Matilda exclaimed.
40/86
她打開盒子，發現裡面裝著糖果。Matilda拿了一顆試吃，立刻開始跳來跳去，尖叫著。
She opened the box to find it contained sweets. Matilda took one to try. And instantly started jumping about and squealing.
41/86
「Tili，你瘋了！」Itfut擔心她的朋友。
“Tili, you’re mad!” said Itfut, scared for her friend.
42/86
但Matilda繼續跳著尖叫。然後她抓起盒子遞給女祭司。
But Matilda continued to jump and squeal. Then she grabbed the box and presented it to the priestess.
43/86
「Futi！」她大喊。「這是巧克力裹櫻桃！試一顆！」
“Futi!” she said with a shout. “It’s chocolate-coated cherries! Try one!”
44/86
「什麼，什麼？」女祭司拿了一顆糖果，嚼了一口，融化成微笑。「你是怎麼做到的？你做了什麼？」
“What, what?” The priestess took a sweet, chewed and melted into a smile. “How did you manage that? What did you do?”
45/86
「我什麼也沒做，就像你說的！我想要它，就這樣。是我的蝴蝶結！是我的蝴蝶結！」
“I did not do anything, just like you said! I wanted it, that’s all. It’s my bow! It’s my bow!”
46/86
「等等，等等。這和你的蝴蝶結有什麼關係？你冷靜點！」
“Wait, wait wait. What’s any of this got to do with your bow? Would you calm down!”
47/86
「有時候我背後會有一種奇怪的感覺。」Matilda解釋道，熱情地比劃著。「這裡以前發生過幾次。我記得我的蝴蝶結，然後我非常想要某樣東西，然後我就有這種奇怪的感覺，然後我想要的東西真的就出現了！」
“Sometimes I get a strange feeling in my back.” Matilda explained, gesticulating enthusiastically. It’s happened here a couple of times before. I remember about my bow, then I want something really badly, and then I get this strange sensation and then whatever I wanted actually materializes!”
48/86
「你到底感覺到了什麼？」
“What did you feel exactly?”
49/86
「一種沉重的感覺，好像在我肩膀之間有什麼東西，某種……」
“A kind of heavy feeling, as if there were something between my shoulders, something...”
50/86
「嘿！我知道那是什麼！」現在輪到Itfut興奮了，但她立刻開始懷疑自己。「或者也許不是……我肯定知道我知道的！但有點模糊。我無法完全回憶起來……」
“Hey! I know what that is!” Now it was Itfut’s turn to get excited only she instantly began to doubt herself. “Or maybe not... I definitely know what I know! But it’s a bit of a blur. I can’t quite recall exactly...”
51/86
「那就告訴我你知道什麼！」Matilda不耐煩地說。
“So, tell me what you know about it!” said Matilda impatiently.
52/86
現實是由隨機的想法控制的，這些想法來自於心靈的某個深處。如果你有一個強烈、無法阻擋的願望，那麼你必須讓你的願望成為那些隨機想法之一。類似這樣的東西。」
Reality is controlled by random thoughts that originate somewhere at the back of the mind. If you want something with a burning, unstoppable desire, then you have to make your desire one of those random thoughts. Something like that.”
53/86
「我不太明白你的意思，」Matilda說。「那個在後面的東西是什麼？」
“I don’t quite catch your meaning,” said Matilda. “What is it, that thing behind?”
54/86
「我只是模糊地記得，」Itfut說。「就像我說的，我失去了記憶。我的整個過去就像一場夢。只是一些片段。」
“I only vaguely recollect,” said Itfut. “As I say, I’ve lost my memory. My entire past is like a dream. Just glimpses.”
55/86
「Futichka，你必須記起來！我們的生命可能取決於此，你明白嗎？」
“Futichka, you have to remember! Our lives may depend on it, do you understand?”
56/86
「我會試試。告訴我你做了什麼。不管你做了什麼，它有效了！」
“I’ll try. Tell me what you did. Whatever you did, it worked!”
57/86
「我專注於我的蝴蝶結，等到我能感覺到背後的那種感覺，然後想像一盒巧克力。」
“I focused on my bow, waited until I could sense that feeling behind me and imagined a box of chocolates.”
58/86
「就這樣？」
“And that’s it?”
59/86
「就是這樣。你有感覺到背後有什麼東西嗎？」Itfut抬起頭想著什麼，然後說，
“That’s it. Do you get the feeling of something behind you, on your back?” Itfut raised her head thinking of something and said,
60/86
「沒有，但我感覺我以前知道那是什麼以及如何使用它。但不知為何，我現在無法讓它運作。」
“No, but I have the feeling that I used to know what it was and how to use it. I can’t make it work anymore though for some reason.”
61/86
「我相信你會記起來的，當你記起來時，它也會對你有效。最重要的是知道不管它是什麼，這東西有效。我再試一次。你想要什麼？」
“I am sure you will remember, and when you do, it’ll work for you too. The most important thing to know is that whatever it is, this thing works. I’m going to give it another go. What do you want?”
62/86
「想喝點東西。」
“Something to drink.”
63/86
Matilda再次觸碰她的蝴蝶結，施展某種魔法，奇蹟再次發生。圓柱發出同樣的嗡嗡聲，平坦的部分向外延伸，送出兩杯水。
Matilda touched her bow again, worked some kind of magic, and the miracle repeated itself. The cylinder made the same buzzing sound and the flat segment extended outwards delivering two cups of water.
64/86
「你簡直就是個女祭司！」Itfut說。
“You’re practically a priestess yourself!” said Itfut.
65/86
她們拿起杯子喝水，互相看著，眼中閃爍著喜悅的光芒。
They took the glasses and drank the water looking at each other, their eyes shining with delight.
66/86
「太酷了！多麼美味的水啊！」Matilda說。她們放下杯子。
“Cool! What delicious water!” said Matilda. They put the glasses down.
67/86
「有趣。我想知道這些小桌子是怎麼回去的。」Matilda觸碰了部分的邊緣，它和杯子一起滑回去，穿過圓柱牆，好像它不存在一樣。然後她關上了另一個部分。
“Interesting. I wonder how these little tables go back in.” Matilda touched the edge of the segment and it slid back in together with the glasses, which passed through the cylinder wall as if it did not exist. Then she closed the other segment.
68/86
「現在沒有什麼能讓我驚訝了，」Itfut說。「這裡有某種外星科技在運作。真是難以置信！」
“Nothing can surprise me now,” said Itfut. “There is some kind of other- planetary technology at work here. Unbelievable!”
69/86
「Tili，你又在用那些難以理解的詞。」
“Tili, you’re using incomprehensible words again.”
70/86
「啦啦啦！沒關係！現在，我們需要吃東西。你最喜歡的菜是什麼？」
“La-la-la! It doesn’t matter! Right now, we need to eat. What’s your favorite dish?”
71/86
「Flamidi。」
“Flamidi.”
72/86
「這是我不知道的詞。那是什麼？」 「這是一種烤魚。」
“Now that’s a word I don’t know. What is it?” “It’s a kind of baked fish.”
73/86
「我也喜歡魚。我不能保證會是完全一樣的菜，但我們一定能變出點什麼來。」
“I love fish, too. I can’t guarantee it’ll be the exact same dish, but we’ll conjure something up for sure.”
74/86
Matilda施展了一會兒魔法，然後圓柱中一個接一個的部分開始出現，帶來各種各樣的菜餚。
Matilda did her magic for a moment and then, one segment after another started emerging from the cylinder carrying all kinds of dishes.
75/86
「這簡直是奇蹟！你想像了這一切？」Itfut驚訝地問道，儘管她發誓不再驚訝。
“It’s nothing short of a miracle! And you imagined all this?” asked Itfut surprised although she had sworn, she would not be any more.
76/86
「這是自助餐！」 「什麼，什麼？」
“It’s a buffet!” “A what, what?”
77/86
「沒事。啊，我忘了什麼。」
“Never mind. Ah, I forgot something.”
78/86
她剛說完，另一個部分出現，送來餐具。然後，一張桌子和兩把椅子意外地從地面升起，差點撞倒女主角和女祭司。
As soon as she had finished speaking another segment emerged delivering cutlery. Then, a table and two chairs rose up unexpectedly right out of the ground almost knocking the diva and the priestess over.
79/86
「哦！這不是我做的！」Matilda驚呼。
“Ooh! Now that wasn’t me!” Matilda exclaimed.
80/86
「我想這次是我，」Itfut說。「我剛想到我們現在需要的就是桌子和椅子。」
“I think this time it was me,” said Itfut. “It just occurred to me that all we need now is a table and chairs.”
81/86
「哇！隨機的想法？你看，你可以做到！」 「意外的。」
“Wow! A random thought? You see, you can do it!” “Accidentally.”
82/86
「看來不僅是圓柱在運作，地板也在運作。」 「我們可能應該小心我們的想法。」
“It looks like it is not just the column that works but the floor too.” “We probably ought to be careful of our thoughts.”
83/86
「你得記住我們背後是什麼，以及如何使用它。」
“You’ve got to remember what it is we have behind us, and how to work with it.”
84/86
「好吧，好吧。我覺得這裡的一切運作得如此輕鬆是因為我們在這座廟裡。現實中沒有什麼是那麼容易的。」
“Okay, okay. I get the impression that everything is working so easily here because we are in this temple. Nothing is that easy in reality.”
85/86
「所以，Futichka，快想起來吧。現在，我們吃飯吧！」
“So get on with remembering, Futichka. Now, let’s eat!”
86/86
她們開始吃飯，分享她們的冒險故事。當女主角告訴女祭司她如何馴服華麗搖滾時，Ifut跳起來開始旋轉，笑得停不下來，然後Matilda也加入了她們。這對新朋友無憂無慮地聊天，享受著自從來到這個奇怪而可怕的世界以來最幸福的時刻。至少目前，事情並沒有變得太糟。最重要的是，她們不再孤單。她們有彼此。接下來她們會經歷什麼，只有周圍的世界知道。
They dug into the food and began sharing stories of their adventures. When the diva told the priestess of how she had managed to tame the glamrocks, Ifut jumped up and began to spin about laughing uncontrollably, and then Matilda joined her. The new-found friends were chatting away without a care in the world enjoying their happiest moment since their arrival in this strange, frightening world. At least for now, things were not turning out too badly. Most importantly, they were no longer alone. They had each other. What they would experience next only the world around them knew.
隨機思緒
Random Thoughts
1/86
從「內部」逃脫、重返現實的「正面」後，diva與祭司如釋重負地確認，一切仍如初見。既然別無選擇，她們便踏上了回往廣場的路途。
Having escaped the ‘inside’ and returned to the ’frontal side’ of reality, the diva and the priestess confirmed with relief that everything was as it should be. With no other option, they set off back towards the square.
2/86
「這簡直是明目張膽的嘲弄！」Matilda喊道，「我們完全無處可藏！」
“This is sheer mockery!” shouted Matilda. “We’re on a complete hiding to nowhere.”
3/86
「隱藏什麼？」Itfut問道，「我可不總能理解你的說法。」 「我的意思是，情況對我們來說真的很糟。」
“Hiding what?” asked Itfut. “I don’t always understand your expressions.” “I said that things don’t look good for us.”
4/86
「要麼是眾神對某事燃起怒火，要麼就是我們正被送去接受某種考驗或啟蒙。」
“Either the Gods are angry about something, or we are being sent a test or initiation of some kind.”
5/86
「接下來你一定會跟我說，我們得安撫你那些神，甚至得將他們獻祭！」
“You’ll be telling me next that we’ve got to placate these Gods of yours and make them a sacrifice!”
6/86
「不，那是原始民族的做法。我們更傾向於努力邁向眾神的完美，達到與他們同一水準，從而像他們一樣掌控現實的法則。」
“No, that’s what primitive peoples do. We’re more inclined to strive towards the perfection of the Gods, to reach their level, so that we can command the laws of reality as they do.”
7/86
「Futi，那就指揮這個現實把我們帶回家吧！」
“Futi, then command this reality to take us home!”
8/86
「我還不知道怎麼做，我的記憶似乎出了一些問題，過去都變得模糊不清。」
“I don’t know how to yet. There’s something wrong with my memory. The past is all a blur.”
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「好吧，我的現實現在簡直像是一場連續不斷的惡夢。」
“Well, my reality is currently one continual nightmare.”
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累壞了，她們終於回到了廣場上那座巨石旁初次相遇的地方。
Exhausted, they finally returned to the spot where they first met beside the megalith in the square.
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「那你怎麼看？我們要不要去另一邊試試運氣，看看那裡一切是否真的在搖晃？」Itfut建議道。
“So, what do you think? Shall we go and test our fate on the other side, where everything is wavering?” Itfut suggested.
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「不。我受夠了，我們得休息一下，至少得找點東西吃。」Matilda說。
“No. I’ve had enough. We need to rest and at least have something to eat,” said Matilda.
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「這裡有哪裡可以吃到東西嗎？」
“Is there anywhere here that we can get something to eat?”
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「Futi，你餓了嗎？我也不知道怎麼回事，但那群 glamrocks 說 hlevjun 能給他們食物。」
“Are you hungry, Futi? I don’t know how, but the glamrocks said that hlevjun gives them food.”
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“什麼是 hlevjun？”
“What hlevjun?”
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「呃，就是那座巨石，至少他們是這麼叫的。來吧，咱們去瞧瞧。」
“Um, the megalith, at least that’s what they called it. Come on, let’s go take a look.”
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於是她們走進去四處查看。
They went inside and looked around.
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「哦！頭竟然不見了！」Matilda驚訝地叫道，「頭？什麼頭？」
“Oh! The head’s disappeared!” Matilda exclaimed in surprise. “Head? What head?”
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「那個臺座上曾有個頭顱，是 glamorc——他們那種神的象徵，但現在全沒了！」
“There was a head here on that plinth, the glamorc, their kind of God, but now it’s gone!”
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事實上，祭壇已經消失，取而代之的是一個約三公尺高、直徑一公尺半的圓柱，製成於一種有色的玻璃質材料。Diva與祭司圍著這圓柱徘徊，觸摸著那平滑、毫無細節或裝飾的表面。
The altar had in fact disappeared and, in its place, stood a cylinder about three meters high and one-and-a-half meters in diameter made from a tinted glass-like material. The diva and the priestess wandered round the cylinder touching its smooth surface which was devoid of the slightest detail or embellishment.
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「看，它完全沒有任何反光效果。」Itfut說道。
“Look, it does not reflect anything,” said Itfut.
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「而且你從側面也看不透，」Matilda說，「真有意思，這是什麼東西，用來幹什麼的？」
“And you can’t see through the sides either,” said Matilda. “Interesting, what is it and what’s it for?”
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「我們就四處走走，探索一下吧。」
“Let’s take a look around and explore.”
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她們走遍了這座巨石內部的各個區域，但什麼特別異常的跡象也沒有發現。牆邊豎立著半露的柱子，向上彎曲後化作一座高聳的拱門；而從某處下方，有一道綠光自一個小隱蔽處洩出，完全沒有顯示出有任何裝置或控制面板的痕跡。
They walked around the megalith’s entire interior space but did not find anything exceptionally unusual. Along the walls there were half-protruding columns, which, curving upwards, turned into a high-reaching arch. From somewhere below, a green light was streaming out of an enclave. There was not a single detail that could have suggested the presence of a device or control panel.
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「你說這裡可能有食物？」Itfut問道，「嗯，他們確實是這麼說的。」
“You said there might be food here?” said Itfut. “Well, that’s what they said.”
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她們又走向那圓柱體。
They approached the cylinder again.
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「我覺得這東西應該有某種功能，」Matilda說，「我們只要弄清楚它究竟如何運作，肯定在哪裡會有個按鈕或什麼類似的東西。」
“I think this thing has some kind of function,” said Matilda. “We just need to understand how it works. There must be a button or something somewhere.”
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「按鈕是什麼？」Itfut問。
“What is a button?” asked Itfut.
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「按鈕就是你輕輕一按後，會觸發某種機制，比如食物就突然出現。」 「那種事真的會發生嗎？」
“It’s a thing you press and then something happens, like food appears.” “Does that kind of thing really happen?”
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「會的，在我的世界中就有這樣的機械，只不過你得先投入錢幣，再按下按鈕，它就會給你食物或水。」
“Yes, in my world there are machines like this, only you have to put money in first, then you press the button and it gives you food or water.”
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「Tili，我真不明白你在說什麼，而且這裡根本就沒看見什麼按鈕。」
“Tili, I don’t really get what you’re talking about, anyway, there isn’t any button here.”
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「肯定是有的。那我們打算怎麼辦？」
“There must be. Then what are we going to do?”
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「據我所知，你並非總得做點什麼才能有所收穫。」 「你這話是什麼意思？」
“As far as I know, you don’t always have to do something in order to receive.” “What do you mean?”
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「譬如說，你無法強行讓雨落下，或者逼迫太陽出現；你也無法強制它們發生。但如果你極度渴望某樣東西，那些東西也可能會以某種方式‘渴望’與你相同。」
“Well, there is nothing you can do to make it rain for example or make the sun come out. And you can’t force it to rain or the sun to shine. But if you want something very badly, they can want the same thing with you.”
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「哇！」Matilda驚愕地看著祭司，「我從來沒聽過有人這麼說！不過，你說的話似乎有點道理……等等！我這裡好像已經有些進展了！」
“Wow! Matilda stared at the priestess in complete amazement. “I have never heard anyone talk like that! But there is something in what you say... Wait! I have had success with something here already!”
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那位diva整理了一下她的蝴蝶結，邊走邊低聲嘀咕著些什麼。
The diva straightened her bow and started whispering something while pacing back and forth.
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「你在幹什麼？」Itfut問，「這樣根本沒用。該死！」
“What are you doing?” asked Itfut. “It’s not working. Damn!”
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就在此時，圓柱內部突然發出嗡嗡聲，一塊區段開始浮現，頂上放著一個小盒子。
At that moment, something started buzzing inside the cylinder and a segment emerged, on top of which lay a small box.
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「我不敢相信！」Matilda驚呼道。
“I don’t believe it!” Matilda exclaimed.
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她打開盒子，發現裡面竟滿是糖果。Matilda拿了一顆嘗了嘗，頓時便開始跳躍起來、尖叫連連。
She opened the box to find it contained sweets. Matilda took one to try. And instantly started jumping about and squealing.
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「Tili，你瘋了！」Itfut驚叫著，對朋友充滿了擔心。
“Tili, you’re mad!” said Itfut, scared for her friend.
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但Matilda依然不停地跳著、尖叫著，隨後，她抓起盒子，遞向祭司。
But Matilda continued to jump and squeal. Then she grabbed the box and presented it to the priestess.
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「Futi！」她大喊著，「這是巧克力裹櫻桃！來，試一顆！」
“Futi!” she said with a shout. “It’s chocolate-coated cherries! Try one!”
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「什麼，什麼？」祭司抓起一顆糖果，細細咀嚼後露出微笑，「你怎麼做到的？究竟做了些什麼？」
“What, what?” The priestess took a sweet, chewed and melted into a smile. “How did you manage that? What did you do?”
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「我什麼也沒做，就像你說的！我只是想要它，僅此而已。這是我的 bow! (bow)」
“I did not do anything, just like you said! I wanted it, that’s all. It’s my bow! It’s my bow!”
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「等、等一下。這跟你的 bow 有什麼關係？能不能先冷靜點！」
“Wait, wait wait. What’s any of this got to do with your bow? Would you calm down!”
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「有時候我會在背後感到一種奇怪的感覺，」Matilda一邊解釋、一邊熱情地揮舞著手勢，「這種情況以前在這裡發生過好幾次。我會想到我的 bow，然後極度渴望某樣東西，接著就會感受到一種奇怪的感應，而隨後我想要的東西就真的顯現出來！」
“Sometimes I get a strange feeling in my back.” Matilda explained, gesticulating enthusiastically. It’s happened here a couple of times before. I remember about my bow, then I want something really badly, and then I get this strange sensation and then whatever I wanted actually materializes!”
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「你究竟感受到什麼？」
“What did you feel exactly?”
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「一種類似沉重的感覺，就好像我的雙肩之間夾著某樣東西，那種……」
“A kind of heavy feeling, as if there were something between my shoulders, something...”
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「嘿！我知道那到底是什麼！」現在輪到Itfut興奮起來，但她隨即又開始懷疑自己，「或者也許不是……我確實知道我所知的！但有點模糊，完全無法精確回想……」
“Hey! I know what that is!” Now it was Itfut’s turn to get excited only she instantly began to doubt herself. “Or maybe not... I definitely know what I know! But it’s a bit of a blur. I can’t quite recall exactly...”
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「那麼，快告訴我你究竟知道什麼！」Matilda不耐煩地說。
“So, tell me what you know about it!” said Matilda impatiently.
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「現實是由那些源自心靈深處的雜亂想法控制的。如果你懷著一種熊熊燃燒、無法阻擋的渴望，那你就得讓你的願望成為那些隨機想法中的一部分。大概就是這麼回事。」
Reality is controlled by random thoughts that originate somewhere at the back of the mind. If you want something with a burning, unstoppable desire, then you have to make your desire one of those random thoughts. Something like that.”
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「我不太明白你的意思，」Matilda說，「那背後的東西到底是什麼？」
“I don’t quite catch your meaning,” said Matilda. “What is it, that thing behind?”
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「我只隱約記得，」Itfut說，「正如我所言，我完全失去了記憶。我的整個過去彷彿一場夢，只留下些零星的片段。」
“I only vaguely recollect,” said Itfut. “As I say, I’ve lost my memory. My entire past is like a dream. Just glimpses.”
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「Futichka，你一定要記住！我們的生命或許全靠這點，你明白嗎？」
“Futichka, you have to remember! Our lives may depend on it, do you understand?”
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「我會試著記起來。告訴我你做了什麼——不管你做了什麼，反正它都奏效了！」
“I’ll try. Tell me what you did. Whatever you did, it worked!”
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「我全神貫注於我的 bow (bow)，等待著能感應到那從背後升起的奇異感覺，然後我便開始想像一盒巧克力。」
“I focused on my bow, waited until I could sense that feeling behind me and imagined a box of chocolates.”
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「就這樣？」
“And that’s it?”
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「是啊。你有沒有感覺到，有什麼東西在你背後靠著？」Itfut抬起頭，沉思片刻後說，
“That’s it. Do you get the feeling of something behind you, on your back?” Itfut raised her head thinking of something and said,
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「沒有，但我隱約覺得我曾知道那是什麼，也知道如何使用它。只是不知怎地，我再也無法讓它運作了。」
“No, but I have the feeling that I used to know what it was and how to use it. I can’t make it work anymore though for some reason.”
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「我相信你一定會記起來，到時候它對你也會生效。最重要 的是，無論那是什麼，這東西確實能運作。我打算再試一次。你想要什麼？」
“I am sure you will remember, and when you do, it’ll work for you too. The most important thing to know is that whatever it is, this thing works. I’m going to give it another go. What do you want?”
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「來點喝的。」
“Something to drink.”
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Matilda再次觸碰她的 bow (bow)，施展了某種神秘魔法，奇蹟再度上演。圓柱發出同樣的嗡嗡聲，平坦的區段向外伸展，呈現出兩杯水遞到眼前。
Matilda touched her bow again, worked some kind of magic, and the miracle repeated itself. The cylinder made the same buzzing sound and the flat segment extended outwards delivering two cups of water.
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「你簡直快要成為祭司了！」Itfut驚歎道。
“You’re practically a priestess yourself!” said Itfut.
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她們拿著杯子互相對望著喝下水，眼中都閃爍著喜悅的光芒。
They took the glasses and drank the water looking at each other, their eyes shining with delight.
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「太棒了！這水真好喝！」Matilda說。隨後，她們放下了杯子。
“Cool! What delicious water!” said Matilda. They put the glasses down.
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「真有趣，我倒想知道這些小板塊究竟怎麼退回去的。」Matilda觸碰了那區段的邊緣，頓時它連同杯子一起滑了回去，杯子猶如穿透了圓柱牆般無影無蹤地回到原位。接著，她又關上了另一個區段。
“Interesting. I wonder how these little tables go back in.” Matilda touched the edge of the segment and it slid back in together with the glasses, which passed through the cylinder wall as if it did not exist. Then she closed the other segment.
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「現在沒什麼能再讓我感到驚訝了，」Itfut說，「這裡似乎正在運作著某種超越行星的科技，真是難以置信！」
“Nothing can surprise me now,” said Itfut. “There is some kind of other- planetary technology at work here. Unbelievable!”
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「Tili，你又在說些無法理解的話了。」
“Tili, you’re using incomprehensible words again.”
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「啦啦啦！沒關係！眼下我們得先吃飯。你最喜歡哪道菜？」
“La-la-la! It doesn’t matter! Right now, we need to eat. What’s your favorite dish?”
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“Flamidi.”
“Flamidi.”
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「這詞我不認識，那是什麼？」 「這是一種烤魚。」
“Now that’s a word I don’t know. What is it?” “It’s a kind of baked fish.”
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「我也喜歡吃魚。雖然我無法保證做出完全一樣的菜，但總會弄出來的。」
“I love fish, too. I can’t guarantee it’ll be the exact same dish, but we’ll conjure something up for sure.”
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Matilda施展了她的魔法，不一會兒，圓柱中一個又一個的區段悄然浮現，端出了各式各樣的菜餚。
Matilda did her magic for a moment and then, one segment after another started emerging from the cylinder carrying all kinds of dishes.
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「簡直就是個奇蹟！而且這一切都是你憑空想像出來的？」Itfut驚訝地說，儘管她曾發誓再也不會驚奇。
“It’s nothing short of a miracle! And you imagined all this?” asked Itfut surprised although she had sworn, she would not be any more.
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「這根本就是自助餐！」 「什麼，自助餐？」
“It’s a buffet!” “A what, what?”
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「算了，啊，我忘了些什麼。」
“Never mind. Ah, I forgot something.”
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她話音剛落，另一個區段便出現了，送來了刀叉；隨後，一張桌子和兩把椅子竟意外從地面升起，差點把diva和祭司撞得跌倒。
As soon as she had finished speaking another segment emerged delivering cutlery. Then, a table and two chairs rose up unexpectedly right out of the ground almost knocking the diva and the priestess over.
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「噢！那可不是我做的！」Matilda驚叫道。
“Ooh! Now that wasn’t me!” Matilda exclaimed.
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「我想這次反倒是我做了手腳，」Itfut說，「我突然想到，我們現在只需要一張桌子和幾把椅子。」
“I think this time it was me,” said Itfut. “It just occurred to me that all we need now is a table and chairs.”
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「哇！一個隨機的想法？你看，這就證明你能做到！」 「真是無意中做出來的。」
“Wow! A random thought? You see, you can do it!” “Accidentally.”
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「看來，不僅僅是那根柱子在起作用，連地板也有影響。」 「我們可能得注意控制好我們的想法。」
“It looks like it is not just the column that works but the floor too.” “We probably ought to be careful of our thoughts.”
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「你必須記住，我們背後擁有的是什麼，以及如何與之協作。」
“You’ve got to remember what it is we have behind us, and how to work with it.”
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「好吧，好吧。我感覺這裡之所以一切運作得如此輕而易舉，全因我們正身處這座神殿。但在現實中，沒什麼事情會這麼簡單。」
“Okay, okay. I get the impression that everything is working so easily here because we are in this temple. Nothing is that easy in reality.”
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「那就快點努力記起來吧，Futichka。好了，咱們來吃飯吧！」
“So get on with remembering, Futichka. Now, let’s eat!”
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她們大快朵頤，同時開始分享各自冒險的奇聞趣事。當diva向祭司講述如何馴服那群glamrocks時，Itfut興奮得跳了起來，瘋狂旋轉大笑，隨後Matilda也跟著加入。這群新結識的朋友暢談無忌，享受著自踏入這個陌生且令人畏懼的世界以來最幸福的時刻。至少暫時，情況不算太糟。最重要 的是，她們不再孤單，相互扶持。接下來會發生什麼，只有周圍的世界知道。
They dug into the food and began sharing stories of their adventures. When the diva told the priestess of how she had managed to tame the glamrocks, Ifut jumped up and began to spin about laughing uncontrollably, and then Matilda joined her. The new-found friends were chatting away without a care in the world enjoying their happiest moment since their arrival in this strange, frightening world. At least for now, things were not turning out too badly. Most importantly, they were no longer alone. They had each other. What they would experience next only the world around them knew.