2157年6月10日，晚上十二點，仙境大樓，七樓639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPsC2QZDhB
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回仙境大樓，尼可拉斯直奔七樓，同時，他也在七樓的走廊上，遇見意想不到的人。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXC0nboWy5
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「MIO？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa96M6gLCXU
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小女孩坐在走廊地板上，背靠著尼可拉斯的房門。看到尼可拉斯回來，MIO露出燦爛的笑容，朝他跑來。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rd0HLtRzv
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「尼可！你看，你看！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD2E2np2XA
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按照慣例，由資歷最淺的成員作新人的嚮導，但李晴煬加入時，他的嚮導由哥哥李博洋擔任，不是當時資歷最淺的MIO。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H1ttFug0W
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輪到尼可拉斯，因為李晴煬也是新人，尼可拉斯的嚮導便由MIO代替。意外地，他和MIO處得很好──至少比那對兄弟好。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxlOYcGC28
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「MIO今天在廚房，做了這些喲！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDG811FW0K
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MIO手裡拿著便當盒，裡面裝著三顆飯糰，形狀很漂亮，全是MIO親手捏的。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTSi1ywkrT
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「真厲害。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E5CAVDdtB
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尼可拉斯收起剛才在夜店的苦瓜臉，伸手摸了摸MIO的頭，表情柔和地說：「看起來很好吃。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4Ajfk4xIo
639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GYxXfxwCF
「嘻嘻！左邊是鮪魚，中間是梅子，右邊這個最厲害，是明太子口味的喔！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQmhBWm7Q4
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MIO將便當盒遞到尼可拉斯面前，笑著說：「送你！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21g8IjvT2F
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尼可拉斯微愣，「妳不自己吃嗎？或給李博洋？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4UHyoAuD9
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「我們剛剛吃過了！赫密士在睡覺，晴煬跑出去玩，不理他們！」MIO說：「所以全部留給尼可了，嘿嘿！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxidienbQK
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尼可拉斯莞爾一笑，回了句「一起吃吧」，招待MIO來自己房間。他房間的色系是淺灰色，東西很少，比其他人的房間都要空。他大部分時間都在醫務室，房間不用多豪華，能洗澡睡覺就行。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtkuO9es7Y
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身上都是菸味，尼可拉斯先讓坐在MIO沙發，自己則去洗澡。出浴後，MIO不在原位，人跑到尼可拉斯的床頭櫃前，盯著相框裡的照片發呆。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCCJ4OaFA1
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「怎麼了？」尼可拉斯走到MIO身後，他連居家服都是灰色的短袖T恤。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBNeEQ1SJY
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「這是尼可嗎？好可愛喔！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky79NIWj40
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MIO指著照片裡，一名有著銀白色頭髮、表情彆扭的小孩。尼可拉斯從小就不喜歡拍照。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDxWfi0rVv
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「後面這兩個人呢？」MIO再問。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2C8p9PgRI
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「我爸媽。」尼可拉斯有點意外，「妳不認得我媽？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi8scsPJMI
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MIO搖頭，「只聽博洋提過。MIO來之前，葛蕾絲就不在了。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqc2gBJSe4
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不只MIO，整個神與畜，只有最早的赫密士與里奧見過葛蕾絲。母親在大家心中，就像上個世紀的人名一樣陌生。尼可拉斯的心情很複雜，一時不知該說什麼。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWjzODsAYF
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「尼可的媽媽，是什麼樣的人？」MIO突然抬頭，大大的黑色眼睛由下往上，看著尼可拉斯。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BZBaoLh8d
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「我媽啊……很囉唆的人。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWsfTWuZmB
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尼可拉斯和MIO回到沙發。尼可拉斯拿起便當盒中的飯糰，開始吃起來。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFMG85nuYC
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「很囉唆？」MIO歪頭。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrJRwSLznW
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「她什麼都能唸。東西不歸位、天氣冷不穿外套、太晚洗澡、不吃小黃瓜、回到家不跟她打招呼……唉，太多了，數都數不清。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡho7YpczwbH
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尼可拉斯咬到了鮪魚內陷，「嗯，好吃。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48hnPyO3tO
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「嘿嘿，尼可喜歡就好！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5wVes89fK
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MIO兩手放在大腿、端正地坐在另一邊的沙發。她穿著一件黃底、上面有白色花朵的浴衣，看起來十分乖巧。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzN9ZLhuKh
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「我媽跟我一樣，頭髮是銀白色的。她常跟我抱怨，說這種顏色的頭髮很難搭衣服，但她是家庭主婦，沒多少時候需要打扮……她食量很大，明明是易胖體質，卻喜歡吃雞腿，開口閉口說要減肥，往往一天就放棄……現在想起來，確實是很麻煩的人。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwTj2UjNrE
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雖然是囉嗦、少根筋的母親，但提到她，尼可拉斯的臉部肌肉都放鬆下來，忍不住和MIO越說越多。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NVzsgn7LC
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那是他這輩子最愛的女人。對他而言，母親代表快樂，葛蕾絲也帶給他好多回憶。尼可拉斯說著說著，眼淚不自覺掉下來。他用手背拭去眼淚，倔強地假裝自己沒有哭。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9vPjvXJQd
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「聽起來是很溫柔的人！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRHNGgHYlc
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MIO很貼心，沒有把尼可拉斯哭的事情說出來，這讓尼可拉斯非常感激。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlosN74UIY
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「嗯，溫柔過頭了。」尼可拉斯回應。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWuXTfZRJD
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「也許媽媽都是那樣子吧。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1I12HExdDv
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MIO因為微笑，眼睛瞇成了兩條線。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qYUfXW8h4
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「MIO的媽媽，也是很溫柔的人喲。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTl8m8idIw
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「……？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB9Zpbknch
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神與畜的大家都不愛聊過往，其中，MIO的過往最為神秘。雖然很失禮，但尼可拉斯一直覺得，MIO的存在很「不正常」；像媽媽這樣「正常」的概念，竟然套在MIO身上，尼可拉斯很訝異。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjVmX9IVEb
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「MIO，」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjwlE6uSfM
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這是了解MIO的最佳良機，尼可拉斯坐直身子，試探性地問：「妳媽媽……還健在嗎？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NlGvfCU2b
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「沒有喔，她死很久了。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg18aKsS6Ih
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MIO試著回想，但她的表情很苦惱，似乎想不太起來。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ8lh1p8mg
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「MIO只記得，媽媽很溫柔，總是穿著黑色的上衣、黑色的裙子，胸前綁一條可愛的帶子，常常和MIO一起吃咖哩飯。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKocdZ4wxv
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意識到MIO的母親是學生，尼可拉斯問：「爸爸呢？妳對爸爸有印象嗎？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmks8IVwSLy
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「沒有，不知道是誰。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeuN4zZY7T
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MIO一副無所謂。看來，MIO的母親除了未成年，還是未婚懷孕，恐怕……連小孩都不是自願生下的。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiW5sEOT1n
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「雖然想不起來，但媽媽很愛MIO！」MIO炫耀自己的和服，「MIO一直想讓媽媽看，看博洋送MIO的衣服！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX71D1fnCD
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「說到衣服。」尼可拉斯突然問：「MIO，妳是E區來的吧？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibM33uoZE7
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「E區？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GgCbCrTt0
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「大眾媒體E區，東北亞。」尼可拉斯說：「二十一世紀，有個國家叫日本，妳的衣服是日本的傳統服飾。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAUYp46V1R
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「哇，好久沒聽到『日本』了，真懷念。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGd5L660mKk
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MIO感嘆地說：「一轉眼，日本就不見了，只剩下E區；大家都不會說自己的話，只會講中文和英文；大家都忘記了以前，只認得十大家族……一轉眼就這樣了，到底為什麼呢？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vy4lTO6ip
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「……。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKSTI8ynJC
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MIO不可能只有五歲，但萬萬沒想到，她竟然是上個世紀的人。尼可拉斯好奇，為什麼MIO都不會老、不會死？她到底是「什麼」？639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeODcorXSQ
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「MIO，」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNZ4l5ea1r
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尼可拉斯想起今天和李博洋的對話，「聽說上個月，李晴煬不是長這個樣子。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ckRCPNBI0
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「嗯。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe9OEKxkCS
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MIO瞇著眼睛笑，「他原本很小，跟豆芽菜一樣！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOfVOi2Y3Q
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「那，為什麼豆芽突然長大了？」尼可拉斯說：「醫學上，這是絕對不可能的。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgpPrnMu4o
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「那不是醫學呀！」MIO澄清：「是MIO和晴煬的『交換』！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW6sfHJ54w
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「『交換』？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwW08ereOIq
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「晴煬自己說的。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirdC7Hbonw
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記性不好的MIO，竟一字不漏地重複一遍：「『又高又帥、身材好、頭腦靈光、喜歡使壞……不管做什麼，都能因為長得帥被原諒』。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnoGr0edBh
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尼可拉斯不知道，因為那是歡迎會時，MIO問李晴煬想成為什麼樣的神與畜，李晴煬的回答。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzLtMNoJ7q
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「所以，MIO實現了晴煬的願望！」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFlS6EwKRS
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MIO笑著說。尼可拉斯聽到這，忍不住問：「MIO，妳的天賦是什麼？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkzkvixth7
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「不知道。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf2shPpUGJ
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「不知道？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZFqJXkqJF
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尼可拉斯沒料到這個答案，但MIO的表情不像說謊。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGBtm2zfmK
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「MIO只有聽宇維少爺說過。」MIO表示：「他說我是『假海龜』，很厲害，但MIO試來試去，只用得出『交換』──MIO可以幫大家實現願望，相對地，他們必須付出對等的代價。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt2wDmL9Ks
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就像和朋友介紹玩具，MIO用平常的口氣說，絲毫沒發現自己的話，在尼可拉斯聽來有多震驚。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuciSJCKss2
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「就像她們，希望MIO幫她們復仇，以『自由』為代價，靈魂被鎖在MIO的娃娃，從此都要聽MIO的話；晴煬想改變外表，以『暫時沉睡』為代價，變成現在的模樣。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpiUgJw4cq
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「李博洋呢？」尼可拉斯問：「聽說他以前，無法獨自生活。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85HY4K7z0d
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「所以他付出了代價。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQya1OU2Qeq
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「是什麼？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4rbrSnO5g
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「『忘記爸爸』。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwWoaUxsD8
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尼可拉斯瞪大眼睛。在監獄時，李博洋曾經提過父親。當時尼可拉斯覺得奇怪，明明是很重要的人，為什麼李博洋可以這麼冷靜，彷彿在說別人的故事，原來是因為MIO。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnOnN0u8NI
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「博洋不是失憶喔！他還是記得他的爸爸，只是，他把『對爸爸的情感』當成代價，實現『擺脫過去、獨當一面』的願望。只是，沒想到不只爸爸，博洋也變得不在乎其他家人，叫他回李門都不要。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FTjGvlvvQ
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或許，這也能解釋李博洋對身邊的人，都只有表面友善，對方死了也不在乎。他把自己簡化成「only高宇維」的新型人種，多餘的情感全被割捨掉。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hbtzsoDUM
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這樣好嗎？639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2SAYxYjPJ
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在尼可拉斯看來，這不是解決，而是逃避。639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wzZgTpr0K
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不過，李博洋也好，李晴煬也好。MIO的「交換」，明明能用在更用意義的地方。一個念頭閃過尼可拉斯腦中，他壓低聲音：「MIO。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXCkzribSM
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「……？」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTf8UwSZEN
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「如果，我也有想實現的願望。」639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8jzXDtmj2
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尼可拉斯吞口水，「妳會，幫我保密嗎？」
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