后记·终末史诗(6)

有时他认为自己是在那由熔化岩石构成的不断旋转的球体的薄薄外壳上的人类。那融化的岩石球环绕着一个质量大它三十三万倍的炫目气体球旋转。它们是相隔得如此之远，以至于光需要八分钟才能穿越那空隙。那光是来自一颗恒星的信息，它能够在一亿五千万公里外烧伤你的皮肤。
Sometimes the player dreams that it is a miner on the surface of a flat,infinitely extended world. The sun is a square white spot. Day and night alternate quickly;there are many things to do;death is only temporary and inconvenient.
有时这个玩家梦见它是一个在一个平的，无限延展的世界表面上的矿工。那太阳是一个方形的白点。昼夜交替很快；要做的事情也很多；死亡亦只是暂时和不方便的。
Sometimes the player dreams that it's lost in a story.
有时这玩家梦见它迷失在了一个故事里。
Sometimes the player dreams that it has become something else,somewhere else. Sometimes these dreams are disturbing. Some are really beautiful. Sometimes the player wakes up from a dream and finds himself in the second dream,but in the third dream after all.
有时这玩家梦见它成为了其它的事物，在其它地方。有时这些梦是扰人的。有些则实在很美。有时这个玩家从一个梦中醒来，发现自己落入了第二个梦，却终究是在第三个梦中。
Sometimes the player dreamed that he was looking at the text on the screen.
有时这个玩家梦见它在屏幕上看着文字。
Let's go back a little.
让我们回退一点。
The atoms that make up the players are scattered in the grass,in the river,in the air,and in the earth. A woman collects those atoms;she drinks,eats and inhales them;and then she conceives players in her body.