第十九章：怪物和奴隶男孩(5)
‘Fissssshlegssss,’ they hissed, waving like they were being snake-charmed again. ‘Fissshlegsssss… Fisssshlegssss… Fissshlegssss…’ they chanted performing a sad dance around the lobster-pot. They seemed to recognise the lobster-pot, strangely, and they drank in the smell of it like it was the smell of the past. (There is nothing more evocative, nothing that brings back memories like smell.) Hiccup held it up to the heads, unable to stop crying. ‘I shouldn’t have let him give me the lucky necklace,’ sobbed Hiccup.
‘I shouldn’t have let him give away what little luck he had.’ ‘He may not be dead,’ said the left head, Innocence, hopefully looking around. ‘There are many islands around here. Maybe he got away. Perhaps he found one of the islands. Maybe he’s still there…’ ‘Oh,’ snorted Arrogance, ‘you’re deluded! Always looking on the bright side. He’s clearly dead.’ At that, Hiccup felt overwhelmed. He sank down, crying, on the sand. The Deadly Shadow cried too. Even Camicazi and the Stormfly cried, and they never cried. Hiccup could feel the wet sand below him, the red of the asthma potion that he had broken seeping into the front of his dragonskin fire-suit. He cried until he was a little empty cried-out rag lying on the sand, the front of him now stained red. A light rain was falling on him now. He could feel the sand below him getting a little wetter, as if the tide was going to rise.
‘I shouldn’t have let him give away what little luck he had.’ ‘He may not be dead,’ said the left head, Innocence, hopefully looking around. ‘There are many islands around here. Maybe he got away. Perhaps he found one of the islands. Maybe he’s still there…’ ‘Oh,’ snorted Arrogance, ‘you’re deluded! Always looking on the bright side. He’s clearly dead.’ At that, Hiccup felt overwhelmed. He sank down, crying, on the sand. The Deadly Shadow cried too. Even Camicazi and the Stormfly cried, and they never cried. Hiccup could feel the wet sand below him, the red of the asthma potion that he had broken seeping into the front of his dragonskin fire-suit. He cried until he was a little empty cried-out rag lying on the sand, the front of him now stained red. A light rain was falling on him now. He could feel the sand below him getting a little wetter, as if the tide was going to rise.
九十九号惩戒室
