Short Story: Divination from Coffee Residues (2)
"Hatsuizumi is gone?" A few days after that cup of tea was consumed, they finally realized that this was not good news. The bizarre disappearance is one thing, another thing, and even more unfortunate is that they find that what can restrain Hatsuzumi no longer exists - it seems that only when a person loses his memory can he completely let go of his actions, that is, when Hatsuzumi is temporarily freed from the bondage of feelings, she wants to really hide her traces, and no one can find her.
All the places where she might have left a trail were gone, and it was a sad or an honor to say that the Authority's most common tricks were used on them as well.
In such a few days, if Hatsuizumi had been running at full strength, she might have been hundreds of light-years away by now, but fortunately, her range of activities was simple and clear, at least for Suguang, it was not completely untraceable.
In the desolate planet, Chu Quan didn't know where he was, and as for why he chose this point on the huge star chart, he was even more confused. However, just like the inexplicable things she had done before, she no longer seemed to care if her actions were logical or not, but with her intuition, she knew that she had been here, and in the case of a single qiē radar failure, it seemed that only intuition was slightly useful.
The old energy stations that make people wonder if they can continue to be used, and the last century machine qì people who can only tell lame jokes, the loneliest place in the universe.
Ah, how about that part of the universe that is not lonely?
She was able to find a few bags of coffee beans with a sealed seal from the counter, "the shelf life is 100 years", and this year is the 99th year, "I can still continue to brew", Hatsuizumi sighed from the bottom of his heart.
She didn't even have an automatic brewing machine, a hand-cranked coffee machine that was old enough to be an antique, why was she able to get these two elements here, and fate was still here - her brow jumped when she came into contact with the word "fate".
What, is this the central point of some contradiction, so that an ignorant new new human has to spit a few times.
Well, even though this Hatsufomi is a new human now, she is close to a search engine in some knowledge, and she is holding a cup made of space alloy and drinking coffee.
"What does my name mean to you? It will die, like the melancholy gurgling sound of the sea crashing against the seawall, like the murky sound of the night in the dense forest. It leaves a faint mark on the yellow pages of the commemorative book, like a pattern carved into a tombstone in a language that no one can understand. - Pushkin
The residue of the coffee was still clinging to the filter of the hand-cranked coffee machine, and the washing hands of Hatsuizumi paused, as if these embers could bring something meaningful to think about.
Indeed, there is an ancient divination that uses coffee grounds to show signs of the gods in the dark.
Unfortunately, Hatsuizumi didn't get the will she wanted, and her lips twitched on her expressionless face, and she silently rinsed the coffee machine.
She sat outside the post station, looking at the cool night sky, and tiredness suddenly came to her heart, did "that she" enjoy the same loneliness when she was here?
The woman's eyes slowly closed on her youthful face - certainly not a precursor to falling apart, she had just been flying for so long that even coffee could no longer support her energy.
The time of this sleep was beyond imagination, and even if she did, she was far from overdrawing herself, just an ignorant fool who was intoxicated with a dream of nothingness and did not want to wake up.
"Sure enough, it's here." Hurrying all the way to the end of the empty little planet, he had just stepped off the spaceship when he saw the first spring sleeping against the metal wall.
He slowly bent down and reached out his hand, trying to brush away a strand of hair stuck to her face, but the hand withdrew like an electric shock the moment it was about to touch her cheek.
At that moment, he began to fear even touching her. Moguang smiled bitterly and bowed his head, full of disbelief for himself.
…… Who? Consciousness wakes up one step ahead of the body, Hatsuizumi thought groggily.
“…… It's you again. This way of grabbing white is really not an elegant courtesy, subconsciously, she wants to retreat, but the cold touch on her back reminds her that there is no way to retreat now.
"First Spring."
“…… What's the matter? ”
Sueguang didn't answer her question, just called her name repeatedly.
His pitch was getting higher and higher, and intuitively, it made Hatsuizumi sense a hint of madness.
The dormant darkness began to churn in the heart of the end light at this moment, and he could barely control himself who was getting closer and closer to her.
And the woman just stared at the darkness in a daze, and she felt that she was familiar with it. At the same time, she also knows what to do now.
-- Escape, run away, it only takes a few simple actions to do. Intuition is telling her so, and she should be doing the same.
But she didn't.
Time seemed to slow down many times here, and the woman herself didn't know what she was doing, and at that moment her body seemed to be controlled by some other spirit.
Warm hands wrapped around his back, tightening the entire body and mind of the end light.
Lastlight's eyes widened in surprise at the unfolding that was beyond his imagination, and the black mist that had been hovering in those golden eyes faded very quickly.
The original fierce heartbeat slowly descended back to the same frequency as the tide that was slowly washing over the planet at the moment, a steady, eternal beat.
"Aren't you ......" Isn't the current me equivalent to a stranger to you? Sueko wanted to say this, but the warmth of the fabric made him almost cry in disgust.
It's like a lost dream.
"I always feel like this qiē is like a dream." After a century-long hug, Sueguang said in a hoarse voice.
Hatsuizumi didn't speak, looking at him with a smile.
But the end light read something unusual in that smile.
"I still can't remember." What should have been a desperate statement that ruined Miè was calmly narrated by Hatsuizumi, and Sueko found himself able to accept this fact calmly.
"It's just that I have a rough idea of what that 'First Spring' will do in this situation. Contradictory? ”
"Why," Sueko smiled wryly, "it's just that it's good for me like this now." ”
"After that, I thought there would always be a few of us who weren't in this world," Moko pursed his lips, "I just wasn't reconciled. ”
"It can also be seen as a sequelae of the accident."
Hatsuizumi finally realized where that irritability was coming from.
"The Last Light?" Tentatively, she called his name for the first time.
"Hmm."
"What's the point of it? It has long been forgotten, and in the new fierce storms, it will not bring pure, tender memories to your heart. But in your lonely and sad days, please quietly say my name and say, "Someone is thinking of me, and I live in the heart of a man in the world." ”