莱茵注视著那双深不见底的黑瞳，並不觉得这个同样落魄的外来者能有什么好办法。
“谢谢您。”忽然，她洒脱地一笑，“您知道我们为什么要把教堂盖在地上吗？”
“因为山洞里太压抑了，看不见阳光。而且那里的土太硬，坟墓很难挖。”
“如果您想帮忙的话，就在一切结束之后，把我埋在这片麦田之下吧？”
她转过身，背对著诺文，默默地摘下了头上的黑色头纱，露出一头金灿灿的长髮。
隨即，她从黑袍下取出一条红围巾。
在火光的映照下，莱茵將那条红围巾缠在头上，一圈又一圈，紧紧束成死结。
鼠修女脚步轻快，哼著小曲，消失在那片丰收的麦田中。
...
太阳的光芒逐渐暗淡下去。
诺文和安卡拉裹著几件鼠人送来的小毛毡，依偎在温暖的火炉边，柴火发出噼啪的轻响。
龙娘抱紧自己的尾巴，將脑袋枕在上面，蜷缩成一团。
“诺文。”她小声问，“等你伤好了，我们去哪里呀？”
没等诺文回答，她就自顾自地说了下去：“麵包好好吃喔。”
“我不想一直待在荒野里啃树啦。我想去看看別的地方，去看蓝蓝的海，去有白白的雪的大山上，还想抓一朵云下来尝尝味道~”
安卡拉的声音低落下去。
“可是...我走到哪里，都会被人赶走。他们用石头丟我，用箭射我，还想用铁链把我抓起来。可我明明什么坏事都没做过。”
“只有你，”她抬起头，湛蓝的眼睛在火光中格外明亮，“说过我是朋友。”
龙娘掀起那身灰扑扑的斗篷。
诺文看到，在她坚韧的鳞片上，布满了深浅不一的痕跡。
有些地方的鳞片顏色明显更浅，那是新长出来的，代表著旧伤，手腕、肩膀，甚至半个身体，都有像是烧伤的痕跡。
“不会变得凉凉的。”她的尾巴甩了甩，“可是好疼。”
“小傢伙们被剑砍了，被箭射了，是不是就再也醒不过来了？我以前远远地看见过，软软草熟了，她们就装到车上，拉走，我今天才知道，那个叫『收税』。”
“可是...为什么呢？”
这个问题太简单，又太复杂。
诺文望向窗外。无论是天上那颗暗淡却依旧高悬的太阳，还是环绕天际的月尘环带，都未曾让他像现在这般感到疏离。
鼠人种粮，人类压榨。龙人流浪，饱受苦难。莱茵繫上红巾，走向麦田，微笑著迎接死亡。
这一切都在平静地发生著。
可那怎样？
向来如此，便对吗？
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他不是哲学家，探究不了这些问题的终极答案。
他是个工程师。
工程师不问为什么世界是这样，只问怎样让世界变好。
诺文伸出手，轻轻地抚摸著安卡拉头顶那对温润的犄角，回应她最开始的问题。
“別怕，安卡拉。我们哪也不去。我们就留在这里。”
“为我们自己，打造一个能好好生活的世界。”