角色故事•二(解鎖條件:角色等級40)
姬子有一個手提箱。
手提箱是她的寶庫。以前,其中裝滿了維修列車的各種工具,她靠著它們將列車修葺一新;現在,其中多了一把單分子鋸、一顆逃逸的衛星,還有數不勝數的其他機巧——它們是她奇想的具現,是她步履不歇的證明。
沒有哪位旅伴比她的旅行箱更忠實。列車上的旅客來來去去,就連那位「列車長」或許也不能從始至終陪伴她與列車。
但她不在意。就像她不在意那個裝腔作勢的金髮男人不告而別,就像她不在意那過於遙遠的故鄉和故人。
她明白這趟旅程是孤獨的。就算她能在旅行中結識志同道合的旅伴,就算她受盡旅伴慷慨恩惠,就算她能與旅伴一同見證某段旅途的終點——那也不過是她足夠僥倖罷了。
她明白這趟旅程是孤獨的。任何人都無法踏足與他人完全相同的行跡。任何人都無法代他人體驗沿途所見的風景。她能夠依靠的只有自己的雙眼與雙腳。
Character Story: Part II
• Unlocked at Character Level 40
Himeko has a suitcase.
This suitcase is her treasure trove. Previously, she'd filled it with all kinds of train repair tools to fix up the Express. But now, it's packed with a molecular saw, an escaped satellite, and countless other contraptions — the embodiment of her whims and the proof of her resolute will.
No travel companion is more faithful to her than this suitcase. Passengers come and go on the Express, and perhaps not even "the conductor" would be able to accompany her and the Express from start to finish.
But she doesn't care. She didn't care when that pretentious blond man left without saying goodbye, just like how she didn't care about her distant homeworld and old friends.
She knows that this journey is lonely. Even if she could get to know like-minded travel companions, even if they showed her generous grace, even if she could witness the end of a complete journey with those companions — that's all just a momentary fluke.
She knows that this journey is lonely. Nobody can follow in the exact same footsteps as anyone else. Nobody can experience for someone else everything that happens along a journey. All she can rely on are her own two eyes and feet.
That's why she stores inside her suitcase all the sights her eyes have witnessed, and all the footprints her feet have left behind.