【生肉搬运】鸟雀passerine 第一章(22)
Technoblade didn’t realize, until Philza turned back to look at him, that he expected an answer to his question. But all Technoblade could say was, “Is this why you left me behind?”
“Techno—”
“I understand. You heard the place you loved was in trouble, so you came back, but I don’t—I just—why didn’t you take me?” Here it was, at last. Catharsis, or something close to it. “I would have hunted them down with you, Philza, the people who did that to your town. I would have given you your vengeance on a silver platter. I would have given you the world.”
Philza didn’t look guilty. He just looked tired. “I didn’t hunt them down, though.”
“What?”
“The people who burned down my town. I didn’t hunt them down, as much as I wanted to. They were long gone by the time I arrived, and at that moment, my people needed a leader, not a hunter. And I didn’t bring you because—”
“Because I don’t know when to be either.”
They stood there, letting the words settle in the silence that stretched tauter and tauter like a rope around Technoblade’s neck.
“Techno—”
“I understand. You heard the place you loved was in trouble, so you came back, but I don’t—I just—why didn’t you take me?” Here it was, at last. Catharsis, or something close to it. “I would have hunted them down with you, Philza, the people who did that to your town. I would have given you your vengeance on a silver platter. I would have given you the world.”
Philza didn’t look guilty. He just looked tired. “I didn’t hunt them down, though.”
“What?”
“The people who burned down my town. I didn’t hunt them down, as much as I wanted to. They were long gone by the time I arrived, and at that moment, my people needed a leader, not a hunter. And I didn’t bring you because—”
“Because I don’t know when to be either.”
They stood there, letting the words settle in the silence that stretched tauter and tauter like a rope around Technoblade’s neck.