Probably Adolfina's words really didn't give Simon face, and made him very silent. Although it will not snow again in April, the temperature is still not high, and the soldiers of the Iron Army who have been away from home for several months are thinking about their families in the city, and the parade will end at five o'clock.

Because Simon went to the Hydra viewing table, Ramirez and the others naturally would not be stupid to participate in other people's glorious ceremonies, wearing a set of military uniforms does not mean becoming a steel army, these three guys who have lived in the wasteland naturally understand this truth, found a reason to return their clothes, said hello and went to the back street of Area F first.

"Boss, don't go overboard." Before leaving, Marco gestured with his gun drawn and gave him a look you know. Swaggering and disappearing at the intersection of Area F, Simon was helpless to watch.

As a shapeshifter of the Nine Heads of Hydra, Adolfina must sell her face even to the citizens of the Black Wall, not to mention that she now represents Hydra. "Do you want to go?" The two of them walked on the neat streets of Area E, and she shook the gilded invitation.

"I'll see." Simon took off the trim of his military uniform, as well as the epaulettes and collar badges, Rao is so, the man with a trimmed beard still looks more handsome and straight, and looks very good with the red-haired skirt girl next to him, well, maybe more like a brother and sister?

"Ms. Adolfina Morfin is invited to attend the Triumph Reception, at the Swan Lake Hotel in Zone B......" Simon crumpled the valuable invitation into waste paper, threw it into the special bin in Zone E, put his arm around Adolfina's shoulder, and said, "I guess you don't want to go." ”

"How do you know I don't want to go?" Adolfina took off her military jacket, a black tie dangling from the edge of her taupe military shirt, and her white calves under the over-the-knee skirt seemed to be tap-dancing as she walked, and she rubbed her head against Simon's chin.

Simon found a bench to sit down, the sun was thin, the daylight would not fade, the moonlight would rise, accompanied by the colorful neon lights of the E area, the color was a comforting and beautiful violet, Simon gently pulled away the slightly messy sideburns in Adolfina's ear, and the red-haired girl leaned quietly in Simon's arms. "If you wanted to go, would we come to Section E? You're all going to eat, aren't you, Manda-bear?"

"Why are you talking about me? Do I see

Is it fat? Adolfina puffed out her cheeks, Simon gently pinched her fat face, and the night rose softly, and tonight was cloudless, the moonlight was very strong, and there was a little standing water, and occasionally I heard a symphony, probably Johann Strauss the Younger's "Blue Danube". Simon bent his head and rubbed each other's cheeks, sharing each other's scents, like cats declaring territory to each other.

"Let me tell you a story, I was about fourteen or fifteen years old at the time, you know, teenagers at that time were not afraid of heaven and earth, that year, my family went to the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona for a tour, it stands to reason that I don't remember this place specifically, because my dad is a cowboy and likes to travel every year, but when I went there it was summer, just in time for the wildfires."

"Hey, take your hands down, there's someone here, don't be seen by Lily then." Adolfina put her head on top and fastened the penultimate button.

"Then the Grand Canyon caught fire, I heard that some bastard threw a cigarette butt, and within a few days, it burned thousands of hectares of forest, and the fire was very large, and it looked like a volcanic eruption from a distance, you shouldn't have seen a volcanic eruption, have you ever been to Yellowstone?" Simon said where would Adolfina get out of the way, put his arm around her shoulders.

Adolfina bit her nails and said, "It's all the western part of the Western Desert, the uninhabited land, where I have nothing to do?" Am I traveling like you? ”

Simon didn't digress from the topic, but got up and went to buy two cups of hot vine tea, the shops in Steel City would close at 12 o'clock curfew and open at 7 a.m., as would be in Zone E. Simon wrapped Adolfina's little braids, and continued: "Anyway, there was a wildfire, and soon a wildfire fire brigade came, I remember that six or seven vanguards came, in groups of twenty, well-equipped, to ......"

"Go put out the wildfire!" Adolfina impatiently lifted the lid of the cup, sipping from the cup and replying with a sip of tea.

"That's one reason why I call you Baby Bear." Simon smiled and shook his head, his steel-blue eyes burning like a mountain fire. "Mountain fires can't be extinguished, so those firefighters dug fire lines to stop the mountain fires from continuing to burn, I was more bold, so I wore yellow clothes, put on a helmet and ran into the other side of the canyon to watch them build, Christ, they are really strong, the fire is right in front of them, they dare to light the fire, with fire

Fire-making. ”

"I sat on the edge of the cliff of the canyon, and there was a cloud and mist underneath, and from time to time there were burned trees falling down the canyon, and whenever they fell, there would be a big burst of fire, and I remember it very clearly, it was really beautiful."

"Then suddenly there was a gust of wind, and all at once the fire on the other side of the canyon became stronger, and the sparks drifted to my face, and out of the sea of fire, a bear burst out, and burst out of the burning woods, and ran and ran along the cliffs, and ran and ran, and ran and ran, and finally ran into the darkness, and I swore that it was the most beautiful and terrible creature I had ever seen, and that bear seemed to have come specifically for me."

"So, would you like to be that baby bear?" Simon finished the story and said with his head sideways, eye to eye and nose to nose.

Adolfina moved the corners of her lips disdainfully, and said: "I thought it was a story, I was in the jungle of the Great Lake in Michigan, and I also tracked the crown grizzly bear, and fought the lake demon by Lake Huron, that kind of scene is the most beautiful." ”

Simon shrugged his shoulders and laughed at himself, "Maybe it's called the generation gap, my little granddaughter?" ”

Theoretically, Adolfina, who is dozens of years younger than Simon, naturally does not have this awareness. She looked up and pointed to the stars, maybe Lyra, maybe the Big Dipper, and she said, "Where, that's the jewel we will never lose." ”

"Yes, my baby bear, you're right." Simon picked up Adolfina and let her lie on her side in his arms, and said with a crying voice.

"However, there is some follow-up to the story." It was getting late, so it was time to go for dinner, and Adolfina led the way.

"The Grand Canyon fire, called Longhuo, was not stopped in the end, tens of thousands of hectares of forest turned into ashes, many small towns were forced to evacuate, a fire brigade died in the wildfire, 20 people, only one lookout escaped, and then the lookout committed suicide with guilt, so, into the system."

"If I had to die one day, I'd rather be a bear on fire, running with all my might, burning my flesh until nothing remains."

Just as Simon sighed, Adolfina turned around and punched him, and said angrily: "Hey, what are you fantasizing, men just like to make some epic deaths, as if they can be remembered, see it, eat or not, say something bad to fill your stomach, idiot." ”

。 m.