「吾王……275Please respect copyright.PENANAzZrkzKJKzW
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吾王,您看到了嗎?我們的豐功偉業……275Please respect copyright.PENANAHipoGuZInf
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這個國家,絕對不會倒下。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAMtnbmtMs9Y
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流線設計的遊艇被無盡的冰層圍繞,優雅地用放熱器融出一條航路。克洛維斯身穿大衣站在船頭,感受臉上的刺骨寒風,遙望遠方的南極浮島。象徵帝國起源的輝煌都市被薄霧壟罩,多了一分神秘色彩。275Please respect copyright.PENANAptI1DrT6cU
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「陽烈……我看不到……」275Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ez62JzBxe
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艙內陰暗處,黃金雕刻的容貌微微反光。千年英豪⸺昂天的聲音,不像在戰場上聽到的那樣生龍活虎,275Please respect copyright.PENANA4AdKlGwxrU
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「看不到你……看不到我……人事已非……成就、幸福,又何在?」275Please respect copyright.PENANAydCPmPutOG
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「幸福?」克洛維斯轉過身,陽烈的腦控制他的嘴,低語道:「整個宇宙中,幸福的總量是恆久不變的,隨時都等著我們取用。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAavWMob6tMD
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「不變……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAUislHgbMu0
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「當某人獲得幸福,其它生命就會承受等量的苦難。為達均衡,絕對沒有什麼……全體都能幸福的方法。生在世間就得受苦,我們心裡都知道。有些人認為,死亡是種解脫,這種觀念是方便,也是逃避……逃避『不想受苦,就得爭奪幸福』的事實。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAiuIxTs43qn
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「自私……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAu5CEPqJURt
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「自利,是物種的基礎。永恆的生命,是我們迎戰萬物法則的手段;淘汰弱者、吸收強者,讓『受選者』獲得最大量的幸福,才能用渺小肉身去探索宏大宇宙,而非將希望寄託在『來世』……或是『傳承』,這些不穩定的事物。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA5AzqYEE22y
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話雖如此,他們其實也曾有過機會,活得像個凡人。陽烈別開克洛維斯的眼球,不忍直視昂天即將腐朽的軀體。275Please respect copyright.PENANA6T1HjqLSBt
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「放心,就快結束了。背叛地球,逃往外宇宙的那個女人……莎萊莎,她的後代、她的『傳承』,即將來到我們面前。呼朋引伴、成群結隊……所謂盟約,讓他們強壯,也讓他們軟弱……利用這點,我們終將取回幸福,迎接下一個千年。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAF1P607Kqlc
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那份熱情沒有得到讚賞。昂天始終像個錄音機,重複著支離破碎的字句。275Please respect copyright.PENANAIxeKQ9Fkeg
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「不死、利己……非我所求……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAiCmnTxPA85
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「該休息了,皇上。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAMXllqRD4uB
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甲板棚架隨著克洛維斯的嘆息而關閉,慢慢遮住所有陽光。275Please respect copyright.PENANA8qLLndGtsT
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「下一個您,一定會理解我。」
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火星核爆經過一日,救災行動全面展開。大樓不再燃燒,亡者的焦炭被風吹散,街道仍是一片死寂,能在內活動的只有機械裝甲,以及包著防護衣的搜索隊伍。稱不上戰役的這場事件,造成的損傷比預期來得輕微,但,很多東西數字無法概括。275Please respect copyright.PENANA5ucZYr7jsM
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「拜託……拜託……請您幫幫我的丈夫。」275Please respect copyright.PENANABHowlflzDm
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奧林帕斯峽谷地區,軍事設施改建的收容站內擠滿了人。艾嘉‧斐南迪見到醫護員就急忙攔下。堂堂船艦指揮官還是得低聲下氣,只求一張病床。途中,通訊器突然失靈,語言頓時不通,對方表情也更加難看。275Please respect copyright.PENANAygpfyHi6aH
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「等等……電磁波害它故障了,我馬上重開……」275Please respect copyright.PENANACGHj5Saenf
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「抱歉!女士,還有很多人在等,請找外交機關。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA6AasTTDVO4
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拒絕的手勢無須翻譯。來自異星的女子又被晾在角落,那無助的背影,正好被四處奔波的組員們撞見。275Please respect copyright.PENANAiNeM3cYcN0
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「艦長,用我的吧。」齊波尼亞上前關切,但艾嘉只是搖搖頭,沒有打算繼續嘗試。275Please respect copyright.PENANAgn5OqOakyC
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「艦長!大家都在幫忙詢問……托姆金隊長大難不死,一定會有辦法。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAZvyL3vJle5
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「問幾次答案都一樣。」眾人的激勵,並沒有傳到她心中,「透納也說了,輻射曝曬過量,最先進的除染儀器也沒辦法阻止器官衰竭,他們要把資源留給需要的人……留給……還有救的……」275Please respect copyright.PENANApHyCZ3xgV5
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「我看是留給錢多的吧!」妲莉亞不甘心地打斷艾嘉,拒絕聽她口中的事實,「領航者幫火星這麼多,到緊要關頭就忘恩負義,太不公平!」275Please respect copyright.PENANA9XkL5GowjC
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「夠了。所有人注意,立刻歸艦,回到各自崗位。」275Please respect copyright.PENANARHO8dgczcU
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「艦長!可惡……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAjzk5R5Jw5a
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看到艾嘉眼角的淚光,妲莉亞也沒力氣抗議。晦暗的天空降下細雨,水珠從船艦起落架滴滴落下。領航者居住區,診療室外的走廊上,透納心力交瘁地跟船員解釋:托姆金永久失明,全身重度燒傷不能接觸空氣,必須留在密閉除菌艙中。最有幫助的,只剩止痛藥。275Please respect copyright.PENANA77t5tODUdO
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「再去請布麗姬特協調看看?」「她們給過答案,政府能做的都做了……」「我知道火星人傷亡更多,可是⸺」275Please respect copyright.PENANAbyARkv7fUM
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迫切討論沒完沒了,直到艙門開啟,戰士們才安靜下來,默默讓出一條路給艦長通過。275Please respect copyright.PENANA6iGeH1BCHh
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「各位,讓我們獨處一下。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA6IFfIVDBjy
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艾嘉‧斐南迪始終維持鎮定表情。透納跟在散去的眾人後面,離開之前提醒道:「他可能聽不見妳……要有準備。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAyGL1Oc9EAI
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「嗯。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAqemKp7m9Sl
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艙門關閉,外圍走廊被哀悽壟罩。齊波尼亞忿忿不平地捶著牆,無法理解艦長的反應。275Please respect copyright.PENANAFGxHOvRspT
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「哪有這種事!最後一眼看不到……連一句再見都沒辦法說……她還……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAPneUwRvTlZ
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「振作點。」戴斯納大副阻止少年的自責,也跟其他年輕人表示,「要是她先崩潰,誰來指揮我們……別辜負她的好意。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAZUHNK4sa4k
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避開目光、隔著一道牆,艾嘉終於能卸下職責。那個瞬間,她的雙腳忽然支撐不住自己的重量,只能跪在治療艙前,快要喘不過氣來。275Please respect copyright.PENANAwjzSbLbcqz
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「為什麼?托姆金‧維拉……為什麼……我會慶幸你看不到我,為什麼我會希望你聽不到我……」275Please respect copyright.PENANA39nLeyav0h
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與其這樣藕斷絲連,不如當場天人永隔。女艦長故作堅強的心,早就被那場核爆燒成灰燼。275Please respect copyright.PENANApOJFQetLno
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「明明……明明永遠都不想跟你分開……可是現在,我怎麼會想要……想要你快點走……受苦的人,我一個就夠了啊……」275Please respect copyright.PENANABHDsYzQX7i
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規律響起的儀器聲,是步步逼近的死神,也是他的解脫。兩日過後,努那守望隊長托姆金‧維拉不敵病魔,沒有留下任何遺言。
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「總統女士,領航者號願意加入作戰。」275Please respect copyright.PENANArPZrWAyCYy
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火星臨時官邸的辦公室雜物散亂,如同國政百廢待舉。麥西米利恩對著辦公桌前的領袖輕聲報告。275Please respect copyright.PENANAQYxdOnbTUa
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「其中一項條件是:允許他們在此處理遺骨,借用我們的大海。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAcpxcbC30uE
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「當然可以……」布麗姬特放下電子文書,起身撥開後方的窗簾,「星球、土地,本就不屬於任何人。朋友的一舉一動,搬到國際層級上,竟然還得條條審視。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ6RiLPBL6
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同盟的犧牲讓她過意不去,但局勢不允許領導者停下腳步。275Please respect copyright.PENANAQDgVQqLf4G
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「父親的葬禮也還沒舉辦,我卻滿頭都是戰後事宜,甚至,連『下一個戰後』都在思考。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAaMKmB8ZTt2
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「參與政治就必須精打細算,大人……抱歉,還是叫您大人比較自在……下一場戰爭,地球,肯定沒有私情介入的餘地。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAkwMfOhSxoK
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「我知道,麥西……活著才有下次……往後的敵人,現在就要列入考量。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAqo6z7yAhUW
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現在的朋友,往後的敵人,也包括馬不停蹄的新月軍。275Please respect copyright.PENANAxTAwHkoUi0
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偵查艦隊抵達地球外圍軌道,開始執行情蒐任務。薩邁爾元帥確認進度之後離開艦橋,來到底層甲板,看到卡涅特‧烏霸雙手抱胸,面對觀景窗。遠方,就是萬惡所在的靛藍星體。275Please respect copyright.PENANAR8z0HALKp8
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「傭兵,你真的不回去,弔念同胞?」275Please respect copyright.PENANAwOHZdSlhTy
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「不,等全部結束之後再來感傷吧……在那之前,還請多關照……先告辭了,兩位。」275Please respect copyright.PENANARtC39ekAux
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雪星劍客聽聞另一側艙門開啟,識相地把空間留給雇主。茵坦向擦身而過的傭兵敬禮,飄到年輕元帥身旁,對這奇妙的因緣感慨道:「真不敢相信,戰團駕駛有一半都是努那人。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAnPlDlQK4Zv
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「同胞……嗎?」薩邁爾笑著看向窗外繁星,「從沒想過,我會跟殺父之仇並肩作戰。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAWOlCXaXg66
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「也許,我們都受影響,不知不覺變了。」茵坦故意放開抓欄,輕輕撞上元帥。薩邁爾也試著接納,與女士兵互相依偎。275Please respect copyright.PENANAsUX6o8sqCO
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「我不討厭這種改變,可是,我也很害怕……怕這些感情的本質,可能是幻覺,可能是阻礙……戰場上,應該無法容許幸福存在才對。」275Please respect copyright.PENANABjF9KXSHl2
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「如果這是幻覺,我也會欣然接受。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA00iWtOuJAL
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女士兵把臉湊向元帥,吻除他的疑慮。275Please respect copyright.PENANAaJr04e1X1r
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他們決定抓緊時間,任由本能擺佈,否則,絕對沒有人能撐過下一場死鬥:太陽系第三行星⸺地球⸺解放戰爭。
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隨風飄散的遺灰,溶入異鄉大海。那是他從軍當下決定好的退場方式。在哪裡倒下,子弟兵就會在哪裡接手,代替他繼續行進。275Please respect copyright.PENANA4vBtIOxIKR
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歸魂儀式過後,領航者組員搭船返回港口、登上母艦。那時,少年首次敲了少女的門。275Please respect copyright.PENANAzSuX7prH9Z
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「嗨,齊波尼亞。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA6q4OMjb3YR
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「嘿,那個,啊……眼罩很適合妳。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAPKXzqQvvdj
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「謝啦……要不要……進來聊?」275Please respect copyright.PENANAC7b6DwaI8D
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少年點了點頭,不敢四處張望,在床邊找了個位子。房內氣氛既熟悉又陌生,久違的獨處,對重塑記憶的他來說像是第一次,格外令人緊張。275Please respect copyright.PENANAqEhRwgDiUf
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「所以……妳有解開嗎?相機裡的疑問?」275Please respect copyright.PENANAxQkx3LOe9G
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「算有啦……」嘉娜莉在鏡前想了一會兒,決定還是遮著右眼傷疤,坐到青梅竹馬旁邊,「那個答案,我不喜歡,乾脆整台丟了。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA6ufqsrkWgw
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「是喔?可惜……從努那到這裡,走過這麼多地方,一定很多照片吧?想複習看看的說。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA0MpaDHZCSv
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「傻瓜,檔案還有備份啊……記憶都能備份了……你就是愛這樣,想東想西,腦袋才會燒掉!」275Please respect copyright.PENANASEkhyJTDww
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少女藉故拉著少年一起躺下。兩人就這樣望著天花板發呆,感受彼此的呼吸起伏。275Please respect copyright.PENANAY9uCKsSPf4
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「齊波……謝謝你來救我……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAj1rHy1WQKe
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「可是,我救不了隊長……我……又來了,胡思亂想……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAL4TOWlBq7T
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聽到那句話,嘉娜莉直接摟住齊波尼亞,連同他的熱淚一起抱入懷中。275Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ9LoEvn07
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「沒關係,說出來,我在聽。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAyjOxrSe568
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「我……我不懂……如果……想伸張正義、想要獲得幸福,一定會犧牲某些東西,犧牲別人……那我……到底該不該繼續堅持下去?我到底是為了什麼搭上納沃的?到底為了什麼戰鬥……」275Please respect copyright.PENANAoyATuNjHlp
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「就當是……為了我吧……雖然這樣很自私,不過,沒有人能獨自扛起全世界吧。」275Please respect copyright.PENANALxTCqOcu01
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少女抬起少年的下巴,用僅存的左眼凝視著他。橫向90度的世界中,那對目光仍端正無比,不論哭得多腫,都能看向未來。275Please respect copyright.PENANAEl6h2NzSS0
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「我知道,你一定不會輕言放棄……答應我,不要太勉強自己,好嗎?」275Please respect copyright.PENANA4kneEOTJLp
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齊波尼亞再次點頭。兩人在房內立下誓言,要真誠以對、不再隱瞞,一同迎接這趟旅程的最終挑戰。然而,嘉娜莉始終說不出口,那盤踞在腦海的某種預感、無法逃避的未至夢魘⸺275Please respect copyright.PENANAnJjSAe8RnC
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烈南德‧齊波尼亞,將會命喪地球。
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有果,必有因。275Please respect copyright.PENANAXVYI6dCLXc
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領航者號格納庫內,燈光一盞一盞關閉。魯卡跟技師們道別,自願留下來收尾。當她彎腰走過一架巨大飛行器的翼展,佈滿纜線的納沃D型映入了眼簾。275Please respect copyright.PENANA6sNrGjat9l
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「好啦,妮瓦!晚上就讓你繼續跑模擬程式,順便等粒子同化完成,明天就能補充……我來登錄一下清單……這台叫什麼去了……啊,『地平線截擊』。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAQnqbBalJyf
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「正確。主人這次沒有取名,使用原本的出廠代號,稍嫌拗口。」275Please respect copyright.PENANArVKgwCt1rM
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「哼?真反常……啊,艦長。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAsGLH1v6cYr
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艾嘉‧斐南迪這時間難得來到庫房,魯卡難掩驚訝。275Please respect copyright.PENANAgCq2dbRSsw
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「沒事,我……想跟妮瓦聊聊。整備長,妳忙完就先去休息吧。」275Please respect copyright.PENANA49Ca1nz1Lu
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「是!艦長也辛苦了。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAZNAzBXVj0p
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確定魯卡收拾東西離開後,艾嘉來到鋼鐵巨人腳邊,仰望著它的虛擬意識。呢喃問道:「妮瓦……你……有說過謊嗎?」275Please respect copyright.PENANAiRQxUJgxV0
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「謊言……以繼承自德爾芬的紀錄來看,肯定。我……不喜歡說謊的感覺。邏輯導向和後續的概率處理,都會消耗很多運算能量。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAKozgHltijz
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「的確……耗神,又會造成傷害……但,人類還是常常說謊,我也不例外。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAFeLqYLQCvn
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若有所思的女子轉而面對粒子容器。同化效應產生的綠光打在她臉上,乾枯的瞳孔已經沒有一絲哀傷,只有覺悟。275Please respect copyright.PENANAEv6vUQNa8G
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「原來,謊言跟夢想,是類似的東西……不曉得什麼時候開始?我以為,在戰場上懷孕可以激發士氣;我以為,相信孩子們的潛力……相信奇蹟……就能完好無缺達成任務……也許,我被他們的天真影響了,覺得懷抱希望,才是對抗殘酷世界的正當手段……可惜,光欺騙自己,無法在戰場上存活。」275Please respect copyright.PENANArJC6oXuVgQ
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「艦長女士……我……需要時間消化這些論點。」275Please respect copyright.PENANArSC2BSioY8
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「沒關係,妮瓦,我只想請你幫個忙……如果謊言太困難,也可以試著『不要說』。」275Please respect copyright.PENANAw2lxkQ7NcK
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語畢,艾嘉從口袋拿出一瓶密閉試管,將之放入粒子同化槽。275Please respect copyright.PENANAzgtrr76Pwq
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「為了努那的未來,請你什麼都不要說。」275Please respect copyright.PENANASO2shiVQDw
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