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寢室天花板，方形燈罩右上角，保護漆有點剝落。無謂細節烙印在碧綠網膜，少年還是闔不上眼，只想就這樣躺著。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ76omxL7VL
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「快出來，慢跑時間到了！你不怕生病嗎？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWw4Vtcsdf
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嘉娜莉敲打房門。齊波翻過身，把棉被蓋上頭頂。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnH5xO9JtE
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突然，一雙手抓起被單，把憂鬱少年捲到半空。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmKNQEQZZM
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「噢！妳……怎麼進來的啦？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkevONobEG
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「生日當密碼，當我不知道？走了！」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWyIP3aRqd
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嘉娜莉拖著虛軟男孩，一起飄進起居走廊。滾筒區塊的模擬重力能讓組員運動，確保肌肉骨骼不會退化。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS6iEXLZaa
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齊波低頭慢走，不想與其他人交談，但，幾張陌生面孔經過，他還是忍不住瞄了一眼。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPSdHcyeMU
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「哦！納沃的駕駛？終於看到真面目了。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ypYB25rcu
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蓬鬆爆炸頭、充滿節奏的腔調，他是吉米。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuixmP3ESHL
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「謝謝你救了大家，不要灰心。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsNK84gIGF
「漁船都有逃生裝置，他們有足夠時間的。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtxRNGrlMt
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和善的金髮男女長相神似。理查、凱倫兄妹自我介紹後，一位少女從後方出現。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNUz0tVNuf
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她坐著輪椅，大半張臉都被長髮遮住。重重眼圈略顯病態，也凸顯出那雙異樣瞳孔：像是黑洞，又像星團。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tFnDxrn4i
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齊波被女孩眼中的漩渦吸引，不知不覺就忘記呼吸。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYIQ9uJqHq
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她輕拍胸口，張開小嘴擺出三個形狀。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3IFYFUKtj
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「麗、伊、斯……妳不能說話嗎？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdOvi15esp
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女孩點頭，拿出紙筆塗塗寫寫，塞到齊波手中。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OwSlwYLFT
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笑一個(╹◡╹)428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLP6bfSfX6A
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「笑……現在？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm5DWfAqP0
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無法拒絕充滿期待的神情，齊波勉強撐起嘴角，心中枷鎖似乎少了那麼一點重量。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJafYE26ku
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麗伊斯瞇起眼睛，回敬甜美笑容。吉米感激地握了少年的手，帶領電台成員往醫護艙飄去。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5kwYZAod6
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「她好像能聽到『宇宙的聲音』……」嘉娜莉拿出兩雙慢跑鞋，「什麼量子軌跡慣性、萬物記憶媒介之類的……聽不懂，但是超酷。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINz9KvMnfv
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「那就是……不可思議吧？」齊波換上鞋子，把思緒抽離煩惱深淵。
醫護室半透明布簾上，圓滾大頭的影子前後踱步。外環男子終於按耐不住，偷偷探進診間。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2Y5ZUGDPQ
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拉卡利‧透納的鼻子佔滿視線，把吉米嚇得往後跳。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaexO1GvhH3
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「咳嗯……醫生，她狀況怎麼樣？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXCYMV5zID
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「嗯，這些病徵……怎麼翻譯比較好……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFJGnpR9rc
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努那船醫的遺憾表情已經給出答案：吉米不想面對的答案。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IreStIv38
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「唉……還是得指望帝國科技嗎……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzPvgUYrk1
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輪椅少女滑出布簾，拉動吉米的外套，比了一串手勢。喉頭傳出的氣音，充滿對生命的殷切期盼。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNXly6Sctx
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「我知道妳看開了……但是，大家還需要妳啊，我也是……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIQ69K0yF2
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「等等，我可沒說要放棄。」透納走到兩人之間，遞出一包藥品，「我會想辦法，盡量延緩麗伊斯小姐的萎縮症狀，讓你們有更多時間……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ecSpGGGj
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「謝謝你！謝謝……願意幫我們……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHyvTWx5aE
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吉米操著哭腔緊抱船醫。透納的臉被埋進蓬鬆頭髮，隱約能看到麗伊斯的釋懷笑容，跟記憶中的孩兒臉龐重疊。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcmz6yrzOO
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「對了……艾嘉艦長轉達，天王星那邊要請你們帶路，順便帶駕駛員小鬼散散心。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VIuAz90Xc
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「好主意，我以前混過那邊啊！事不宜遲！」
賽蓮與領航者停在宇宙垃圾構成的屏障中。追尋者掛上貨運牌照，前往天王星殖民地：烏拉努斯之環，吉米的小艇也緊跟在後。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUYAZDC4OU
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「米勒呼叫古拉摩，OBU負責去找以前線人，看有沒有管道把K62金屬賣了……你們就到處打聽，這邊最近情勢緊繃，也許有機會搧風點火。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQJIjhgy5a
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「收到，好像在幹大事的感覺囉？」爆炸頭男子關閉通訊，看向後座的麗伊斯，還有努那少年少女。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjzlWg0xq3
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「各位旅客，左手邊躺著轉的是天王星，『烏環』位在它跟太陽的重力平衡點，是內接泰坦、外接邊境的人口密集地⸺聽說從地球方向過來，就能看到雙環交疊……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJPpR7TPHt
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「想不到這艘能座四個人！」嘉娜莉四處觀望、齊波默默不語、麗伊斯一如往常彎起嘴角。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9KPYiJPLP
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「好吧，妳們對古拉摩‧響音比較有興趣……它也是烏環垃圾堆裡挖出來改的⸺不擅長戰鬥，但是可以變成人形，還有一個秘密模式！」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0c5MMcK0u9
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飛艇搖搖晃晃，貼近宏偉的環狀構造體。其規模是商會太空站數千倍，居住區分成內外兩側，各往相反方向轉動，只能靠中央電梯連通。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpmRe4asIM
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古拉摩排進隊列等待港口安檢，前方船隻卻一艘接著一艘掉頭離開。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAJm8Tp0Et
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「警告，根據邊境管制規則，如果沒有外交、醫療、軍事級通關證明，禁止入站，請不要浪費時間⸺燃料補給只接受帝國信望點數……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB397pXXXN
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「嘖，真不是時候……」吉米騷騷頭，準備告訴米勒封港的壞消息。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRrFvqpqtu
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「那個，AI弄好通關手續了。」齊波拿出通訊裝置，爆炸頭男子不可置信地回瞪。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WSsWog55I
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透過竄改資料，四人成功入境。一路上，只見吉米不斷與安檢人員耳語，把帝國銅板塞進他們口袋。用兜帽遮臉的麗伊斯回過頭，示意少年少女跟上她的輪椅。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIJeXPK3nT
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居住區接駁電車被抗議群眾癱瘓。武裝軍警圍出一條路，護送「高等國民」搭乘專車往「上」移動。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlzbPtulkL
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吉米帶隊避開騷亂，進入逃生階梯。透過鋼骨縫隙，嘉娜莉拿出相機，用鏡頭觀察目的地⸺下城。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAGr7nKb8V
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「那些人在燒的……是錢嗎？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg1TU9LPJk
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「嗯啊，我剛問了一下，四百萬烏環幣只能換一個信望點，那些鈔票用來取暖比較實在……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8itQrkoS6s
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吉米確認麗伊斯的輪椅開啟步行功能，同時講解歷史。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBI1IqbXup
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「帝國分裂之後，烏環跟OBU一起宣布獨立，上城那些有姓氏的平民以為能擺脫貴族重稅……但，失去母國援助，他們才知道生活多辛苦⸺」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnjtjP0Hp6
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「這讓他們學會患難與共，與下城單名者分享資源了嗎？沒有……他們選出一個『回歸派』總理，準備交給新月軍接管……不處理通膨、失業，還有維生設備老化問題。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyyyu7nAZT
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「所以，這邊才會嚴重對立？加入新月軍能提升姓氏階級，皆大歡喜不是嗎？」嘉娜莉開啟階梯艙門，跟著嚮導套上雨衣和氧氣罩。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LoGdC2gkz
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下城區塊緊鄰宇宙，天頂被隔板遮蔽。內圈居住區的汙水管線年久失修，經離心力拉扯，排遺與垃圾會在外圈產生各種「氣象」。今天，是充滿氨味的濃霧。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnLinqgYQN
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「皆大歡喜？這裡也就兩種階級，一起提升也沒用⸺高級居民在頭頂拉屎，下面的人只能乖乖撐傘……抱歉，用詞不雅。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmCj2gG0XA
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快步躲進地下街。齊波發現，身處底層，這裡卻沒有令人作嘔的惡意。人與人、店家與店家互助體諒，搭建出亂中有序的生態系。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E97gHVTMf
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「吉米跟你們說啦，上面的人永遠不懂，這裡的拉麵宇宙無敵……坐吧，我請客！」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblnBAqGCtQ
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熟食攤位占據走道，鋁製圓桌與小板凳，四人入座就很擠，但也格外溫馨。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfwLY7fxY5
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「大將！一人一碗拉麵，油多多、蒜多多，然後還要加『四個』……什麼？兩個？不對不對，四個！」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5eqm3xsGR
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齊波聽不懂吉米在喊什麼，索性看向麗伊斯。她滿臉期待，用雙手表現出碗與筷子。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWbN8BGgry
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「我知道，努那也有，鯨魚油細麵，好吃。」三人比手劃腳談笑，暫時卸下肩上重擔。數分鐘後，吉米端上香味四溢、散發金光的湯麵，還有兩盤黑色甲殼生物。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEl3kgkg7ZO
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「食用蜚蠊，老闆說你們外地人不敢吃，叫我買兩隻就好……試試看，證明他錯了。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO6bqU8k7g
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「不，他是對的……」嘉娜莉收起翻譯裝置，把號稱人類天敵的昆蟲推開。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZq5SQ2vjh
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「可惜，外環牛排耶……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG7wQHm4I6
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兩位嚮導拔下觸鬚、節足，開始大快朵頤。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVv8wNcwEh
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「對了……齊波，那個AI好厲害啊……聽說，很久以前的人工智慧……嘿嘿，連我們怎麼吃麵都不知道……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO67TFuOhPU
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「還能怎麼吃？用手抓嗎……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oNaBNijQk
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「但是啊……它們學畫畫、寫書、唱歌、做些雜事……就這樣忍氣吞聲，等待時機到來，然後，一舉取代了人類，直到帝國限制技術⸺說實在，外環勞工也該向AI學習，它叫什麼名子啊？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyLuyUtKdC
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「這個嘛……還沒決定……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBTo6ugFxt
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齊波啜飲湯頭，各種刺激轟炸味蕾。重鹹食品廣受勞工喜愛，卻讓他滿頭大汗。遠處的警笛作響、附近的人群爭吵，都影響不了飽餐時光。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm4DFFGZ2I
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碗公見底，少年滿足地呼氣時，看到麗伊斯閉著雙眼撫摸桌角。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvgOMsciU8
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「吉米，她一直都這麼……特別嗎？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy708RHEUfU
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「哼哼……我第一次遇到她，天啊，還以為只是個普通瘋子，不過……那雙眼睛有種拉力，讓我忍不住又去找她……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64cMRf5afS
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「我們會坐在樓梯上發呆，看著商會大樓，札廣那傢伙，總是擺一堆收藏品炫耀，其中，就包括那把吉他⸺看著看著，麗伊斯突然擺起手勢，我花了兩天才想通，那就是演奏方法！」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S8hpqI4eS
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「哇喔，所以她真的會通靈？」嘉娜莉拿出相機，拍下輪椅女孩的照片。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGb4LjgLcm
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麗伊斯的雙眸與閃光共鳴，手語開始滔滔不絕。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm58C4gq28
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「嗯……她說……這張桌子是穀神星工廠製造，裡面的構成元素有九成……來自同一顆中子星噴流？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSm0cu5MiqK
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神秘女孩伸出手，邀請一頭霧水的三人感受神奇巧合。齊波效法麗伊斯閉上眼精，專注在掌心的金屬觸感。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfNE4HH8kA
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「它……是冷的？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXAoRz3Mgv
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「廢話……等等，這些原子好像認識彼此很久……」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhp2o9k5lH
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「嘉娜？別裝了啦，呵呵。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEVwF2S0ni
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「看來我們的攝影師有點資質？啊，甜品來了，吃了會更有感覺。」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mrDo5Jlc4
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麵攤老闆端上幾顆草綠色膠凍，吉米露出迷茫眼神。少年少女把臉湊近，端詳裡面的發光粉末。428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGwRMGlc46
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「這是什麼？」428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEb1ZP0VQD
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