【生肉搬运】鸟雀passerine 第一章(24)
Technoblade glanced down at the garden. Phil followed his gaze until they were both staring back at the two boys below, who’d ceased their playing to wonder at their father and the stranger.
They couldn’t have heard a thing of what Philza or Techno said, but Wilbur stood with his head cocked inquisitively to the side, as if he were turning over the words.
“Dad!” Tommy shouted. “Are you almost finished?”
“Almost!” Philza called back. “I’ll be right down, kids!”
Tommy elbowed Wilbur and said something that made the other boy throw his head back in laughter. Then the two of them took off, back to their games, back to their honeyed childhood. When Technoblade turned to Phil again, the king’s expression had turned considerably softer. Techno could live another thousand years and still never understand how easily Philza could hide his fury.
“I wasn’t trying to… settle down,” Philza said, quietly now, as if he was imploring a child to stop a tantrum. His eyes were still on his sons below. “I was content, for a while, to watch the kingdom grow. But these mortals and their short, fitful lives… they draw you in, Technoblade. I used to think they were moths drawn to flame, doomed to catch fire for the most inconsequential things. We’ve seen their wars, you and I. We’ve fought them. We both know the things they do to each other.” Philza took hold of the balcony railings as if it was the only thing keeping him from floating away. “But over the years I’ve also learned of the things they do for each other. Their lives will always be one year, one week, one day short, but it doesn’t seem to matter much to them. They live anyway. They love anyway. Forgive an old god for wanting a piece of that for himself.”
They couldn’t have heard a thing of what Philza or Techno said, but Wilbur stood with his head cocked inquisitively to the side, as if he were turning over the words.
“Dad!” Tommy shouted. “Are you almost finished?”
“Almost!” Philza called back. “I’ll be right down, kids!”
Tommy elbowed Wilbur and said something that made the other boy throw his head back in laughter. Then the two of them took off, back to their games, back to their honeyed childhood. When Technoblade turned to Phil again, the king’s expression had turned considerably softer. Techno could live another thousand years and still never understand how easily Philza could hide his fury.
“I wasn’t trying to… settle down,” Philza said, quietly now, as if he was imploring a child to stop a tantrum. His eyes were still on his sons below. “I was content, for a while, to watch the kingdom grow. But these mortals and their short, fitful lives… they draw you in, Technoblade. I used to think they were moths drawn to flame, doomed to catch fire for the most inconsequential things. We’ve seen their wars, you and I. We’ve fought them. We both know the things they do to each other.” Philza took hold of the balcony railings as if it was the only thing keeping him from floating away. “But over the years I’ve also learned of the things they do for each other. Their lives will always be one year, one week, one day short, but it doesn’t seem to matter much to them. They live anyway. They love anyway. Forgive an old god for wanting a piece of that for himself.”
两a相逢必有一o的肉在第几章
