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1、WehadneverconsideredthattheremightbeParshendispieshidingamongourslaves.ThisissomethingelseIshouldhaveseen.—FromthejournalofNavaniKholin,Jesesan1174Shallansatagainonherboxontheship’sdeck,thoughshenowworeahatonherhead,acoatoverherdress,andagloveonherfreehand—hersafehandwas,ofcourse,pinned
2、insideitssleeve.Thechillouthereontheopenoceanwassomethingunreal.Thecaptainsaidthatfartothesouth,theoceanitselfactuallyfroze.Thatsoundedincredible;she’dliketoseeit.She’doccasionallyseensnowandiceinJahKeved,duringtheoddwinter.Butanentireoceanofit?Amazing.Shewrotewithglovedfingersassheobse
3、rvedthesprenshe’dnamedPattern.Atthemoment,hehadliftedhimselfupoffthesurfaceofthedeck,formingaballofswirlingblackness—infinitelinesthattwistedinwaysshecouldneverhavecapturedontheflatpage.Instead,shewrotedescriptionssupplementedwithsketches.“Food…”Patternsaid.Thesoundhadabuzzingqualityand
4、hevibratedwhenhespoke.“Yes,”Shallansaid.“Weeatit.”Sheselectedasmalllimafruitfromthebowlbesideherandplaceditinhermouth,thenchewedandswallowed.“Eat,”Patternsaid.“You…makeit…intoyou.”“Yes!Exactly.”Hedroppeddown,thedarknessvanishingasheenteredthewoodendeckoftheship.Onceagain,hebecamepartoft
5、hematerial—makingthewoodrippleasifitwerewater.Heslidacrossthefloor,thenmoveduptheboxbesidehertothebowlofsmallgreenfruits.Here,hemovedacrossthem,eachfruit’srindpuckeringandrisingwiththeshapeofhispattern.“Terrible!”hesaid,thesoundvibratingupfromthebowl.“Terrible?”“Destruction!”“What?No,it
6、’showwesurvive.Everythingneedstoeat.”“Terribledestructiontoeat!”Hesoundedaghast.Heretreatedfromthebowltothedeck.Patternconnectsincreasinglycomplexthoughts,Shallanwrote.Abstractionscomeeasilytohim.Early,heaskedmethequestions“Why?Whyyou?Whybe?”Iinterpretedthisasaskingmemypurpose.WhenIrepl
7、ied,“Tofindtruth,”heeasilyseemedtograspmymeaning.Andyet,somesimplerealities—suchaswhypeoplewouldneedtoeat—completelyescapehim.It—Shestoppedwritingasthepaperpuckeredandrose,Patternappearingonthesheetitself,histinyridgesliftingthelettersshehadjustpenned.“Whythis?”heasked.“Toremem
