因為白龍在森林中張著雙翼的行進速度太慢,霍金很快就謝絕小白的好意,要牠收起翅膀正常行走了。315Please respect copyright.PENANASueTjBlRtZ
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被雨淋成落湯雞的王子不停拭去眼簾的雨水,無奈在渾身濕透的情況下,這麼做根本無法提高多少能見度,這座森林的枝葉明明這麼密,傾盆大雨卻還是有辦法穿透葉片打落地面,雨勢大得像是一整年的降雨量都集中在此那般可怕,土地早已泥濘不堪。315Please respect copyright.PENANAFqTDtUeo0H
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世界彷彿只剩下稀哩嘩啦的雨聲,除此之外什麼也聽不見。315Please respect copyright.PENANAKp1RD0sztT
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剛剛又一腳踩進水坑裡的霍金好不容易爬了出來,就見波可似乎因注意到異狀而跑遠,明明雨聲震耳欲聾,他依然能在雨絲之間捕捉到熟悉的狗吠聲。315Please respect copyright.PENANABo8QjWJ0x7
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「波可!回來!」315Please respect copyright.PENANArd1dR08lTQ
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霍金拉開嗓子大喊,在他命令的當下,有某種聲音同時響起,緊接著獵犬哀嚎倒地,霍金想也沒想地衝了過去,小白顯然也看見了發生什麼事,龍吼聲立時響徹雲霄。315Please respect copyright.PENANAhKGBowNwRz
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如果說上回波可墜樓時,霍金的腦袋是一片空白,那麼這次則是一團混亂,他單膝跪地蹲到狗兒身邊,獵犬左後腳的大腿不停流出鮮血,霍金幾乎是本能地用手去壓,傷勢似乎還沒有重到讓狗動彈不得的地步,波可因為疼痛掙扎起來,霍金想要牠忍著點不要動、但是身體卻顫抖到無法吐出任何言詞。315Please respect copyright.PENANAVwDfwjyJY2
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白龍整個身子罩到他們上方做為保護,好似還說了些關心的話,但那對此時的霍金而言只像是無法聽懂的噪音,他的眼中僅剩下自己的狗,根本沒辦法思考其他事。315Please respect copyright.PENANAAanjhvG0FY
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雨聲佔據大腦,他甚至連波可的哀叫都聽不見。315Please respect copyright.PENANAMhbTGl3ilB
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直到龍爪忽然伸向獵犬,霍金才反射性地伸手去擋,然而他的手卻被不知何時現身的巫師拉住,涅澤爾冷靜的嗓音穿透他的耳膜:315Please respect copyright.PENANAgCTNTXbU8h
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「讓牠躺在小白的手上回去。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAEIDljNnib3
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霍金轉過頭來瞪著涅澤爾,他不曉得自己現在做出了什麼表情,但這名巫師斂起了一直以來的嘲諷,難得地正經。315Please respect copyright.PENANAMQsVVC6RqX
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「牠現在不適合讓人抱。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAe38IYj4uMV
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霍金想說些什麼,卻什麼也說不出來。他聽話地不再阻止,只是行屍走肉般地跟在褐髮青年身後,一時間他似乎連這裡是哪裡、剛剛在做什麼都忘了,僅只盲目地跟隨前人的腳步,等到巫師用掃把帶他飛越城垛時,他甚至懶得確認高塔附近是何種地形。315Please respect copyright.PENANAxiD0JcdciN
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一進入城牆內,驟雨立時停止。315Please respect copyright.PENANAaWbY7rze8e
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霍金自始至終都注視著波可,所以當涅澤爾命令他進塔時,他幾乎是立刻往正帶著狗向上飛的白龍跑去、根本不想理會涅澤爾說了什麼,巫師只得無奈地再拿著掃帚過來,載著王子隨白龍飛向六樓。315Please respect copyright.PENANAknOfjjMIFQ
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六樓的某扇窗在他們接近時,瞬間拉大成足以令三名成人並肩通過的尺寸,他們進入後又恢復成原本的模樣。現在的霍金根本沒心情管這些平時會讓他大驚小怪的環境變化,在巨龍將狗放到窗邊並變為小龍鑽入後,他立刻就朝躺在地上的愛犬撲去。315Please respect copyright.PENANADLbz1SzV6X
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不一會兒,一滴綠色的液體落在狗兒的傷處,血立即止住,霍金這才抬頭看見拿著藥瓶的涅澤爾,或許是明瞭他這時根本組織不出語言吧,巫師晃了晃手中的藥瓶自動自發的解釋:315Please respect copyright.PENANACH79YA6Bbf
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「止血魔藥。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAE4f7zFHCkY
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在視線離開獵犬的時候,霍金才意識到,這間房似乎是某種工具間,房中央有著巨大的工作桌,底下放了好幾個密封的箱子,環牆而建的木頭展示架則擺了無數罐藥瓶,霍金看著涅澤爾將好幾瓶不知名的藥拿到桌上,隨後一一向他解釋:315Please respect copyright.PENANAwo7uBEPzwv
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「安眠用,止痛用,這罐是讓傷口癒合用的。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAV22P3M2rTV
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「你會救牠嗎?」315Please respect copyright.PENANACXSlVCz5yg
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霍金不曉得自己為什麼要這麼問,或許是因為現在無論是誰站在他面前,他都會發問。315Please respect copyright.PENANA9x4CJz8U7d
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「會。」涅澤爾拎著藥瓶走了過來,動作一點也沒有因突如其來的問句而慢下。315Please respect copyright.PENANAkRUalVRYzf
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「波可會……嗎……」315Please respect copyright.PENANAuzSeRyRrNw
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少年的喉嚨乾啞,他發現自己難以說出那個情境,卻無法阻止腦海浮出想像,而對方則給予了斬釘截鐵的答覆:315Please respect copyright.PENANAbD3vVqMSQj
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「不會。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ4o5biMjg
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幾句話的時間,涅澤爾便把一切都處理好了,狗兒露出安祥的模樣沉沉睡去,涅澤爾交代一句「暫時沒事了,讓牠休息一下吧」便往後退,霍金盯著波可不停起伏的胸腹,不曉得看了多久,他才意識到整間房只剩下他一個人。315Please respect copyright.PENANAmcIMbioUU2
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緊繃的神經放鬆下來,少年小心翼翼地將手放到狗背上,眼淚無法克制地落下,他擦了又擦也止不住淚水、索性放任自己哭泣,他好怕波可就這樣死掉!315Please respect copyright.PENANAQEmHcoJ9xU
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如果波可死了他要怎麼辦。315Please respect copyright.PENANAoIureIIlJh
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光想到愛犬身上的傷口他就覺得好痛,難受得像是胸口積了千斤重的石頭一樣,他怎麼會那麼沒用、看著自己的狗受傷什麼也做不了,如果波可死了、如果波可死了……315Please respect copyright.PENANA9VhFsi1TUu
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只要一想到他的狗搞不好會在他面前斷氣,霍金的眼淚就完全停不下來,只要能讓波可好好的,他什麼都願意做!315Please respect copyright.PENANAAPQQN0jVzv
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如果波可死了怎麼辦、波可不可以死、如果波可死了、如果波可死了、牠不可以死……315Please respect copyright.PENANA9UnGOrZrrk
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書上都寫陪伴將死的親人時會想起與死者相處的點點滴滴,但霍金的腦子裡只容得下一句話反覆播放,他不要波可死掉!他不曉得自己坐在地上哭了多久,也不記得是何時開始哭到幾乎喘不過氣來,眼睛和胸腔都痛得要命,他不知道自己究竟想不想冷靜,只知道只要一看著波可他就想哭。315Please respect copyright.PENANAZwShtWJlso
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細柔的月光在煉藥室的各色藥瓶上暈染開來,五顏六色的魔藥裝在大小不一的玻璃罐內,有的底下積了一層不明的深色沉澱物;有的咕嚕咕嚕冒著氣泡;有的則濃稠得幾近凝固……霍金迷迷糊糊地瞠開眼,發現一條棉被蓋在自己身上,他對於是何時睡著的毫無印象,身上的髒汙不知怎地全都消失了,衣服像是剛洗過一樣乾淨。315Please respect copyright.PENANADANesZJjmU
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睡在地板讓人全身痠痛,霍金坐起身望向波可,發現牠也睜著眼望著他輕搖尾巴,狗兒身上的泥巴和血也全都不見了。315Please respect copyright.PENANAhgBe9nctT3
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細小的喀噠聲響起,整顆心都繫在愛犬身上的霍金才慢半拍地注意到涅澤爾坐在另一邊,巫師正陸續蓋上剛使用完畢的藥瓶,褐色的髮絲在銀月照耀下顯得更加柔軟,青年背光的身影在王子眼裡異常朦朧,恍如稍縱即逝的幻影。315Please respect copyright.PENANAZRGeBdTLWV
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涅澤爾將瓶瓶罐罐放至桌面,霍金本以為他要離開了,誰知巫師倚著桌子瞟向他,張開雙唇:315Please respect copyright.PENANA4U3Wkui1RL
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「你說,明明相識時就知道對方一定會比自己早走,為什麼在分離的時候、還是會難過?」315Please respect copyright.PENANAFOXPIAJTPj
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「……什麼……」少年昏沉的腦袋還沒青年搞懂所指為何,涅澤爾便繼續道:315Please respect copyright.PENANAL2K67k3PY9
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「你知道狗的壽命比人短,就算我現在救活波可,牠總有一天還是會離你而去吧?」315Please respect copyright.PENANAECf84Frh2E
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這句話令霍金的神志徹底清醒,他防衛地摟著狗兒的脖子,不悅地回答:「這種事誰不知道。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAHmwoUnWLrY
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「所以吶,為什麼明明清楚這一點,卻還是願意在有限的時間裡喜歡對方呢?」315Please respect copyright.PENANAYlfur9miU5
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「你問我我問誰啊,愛是需要理由的嗎。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAHiWbVRO0WR
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明明他回答的口吻萬分不快,沐浴在月光下的巫師卻揚起微笑,或許是月亮的照明過於微弱導致的錯覺,霍金總覺得那抹笑跟平時的嘲諷不大相同。315Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8FfEj7FED
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「這倒沒錯。」315Please respect copyright.PENANAI50XmIIUoL
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