T H E F E A T H E R M A N
羽 人
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羽人不知道自己活了多久 ，为何而生， 从何而来， 到何而去。
他只依稀记得，人类的排斥驱逐， 行至荒芜 ， 与过境的海鸟为伴。
他不由思考，自己存在的意义究竟是什么。
The Feather Man didn't remember many details of his life - how long he's lived, where he came from, why he was born or where he would go.
He vaguely recalled being rejected and banished by humans.
He kept himself immerse into the wilderness, accompanied only by the passing birds.
But sometimes he wondered.What’s the meaning of being.
海鸟满地散乱地停歇，漫不经心地围观着羽人的认真。他们说着迁徙途中的传闻，世间有一无所不知的夜魔，若想寻求答案，需前去极地寻他。
其中一只小海鸟怯生生地说，可听说极地是炼狱，夜魔凶狠狰狞，可怕至极，路过的海鸟有去无回！
海鸟们闻风丧胆，哗啦一下迅速散去，留下羽人形单影只，孓立岸边看着汪洋深海。
“孤身一人，也没什么可失去的吧？”羽人想着。
The seabirds lived scattered, lazily watching the anxious Feather Man. They said, a man seeking for answers always found it at the Nightdevil’s realm.
“But the border was purgatory and thousands of men died conquering it,” said a little seabird, “and Nightdevil! He was scary and evil. No seabird made it back alive!”
The seabirds were frightened and quickly dispersed. The Feather Man is alone by himself again. He stood there, staring at the sprawling waves.
Well, nothing to lose, right? The Feather Man thought to himself.
在一个星夜里，羽人抵达极地。
极地并非炼狱，而是满天繁星似幻境。
银河泼洒在夜空，海面氤氲雾气升腾，宁静无波倒映群星。远处隐约可见巨大而孤独的身影，似真似幻。
羽人不由失语，冥思着自己寻迹万里的意义。
他苦想着 ，翻过礁石——夜魔就在那里。
The Feather Man reached the Borderland on a starry night.
The Borderland was not purgatory, at all. It looked like a fantasy, or someone’s sweetest dream. Stars scattered across the night sky, with the Milk Way running through the dark canvas. Mist arose from the sea. In the distance, a huge and lonely figure sat.
The Feather Man pondered the purpose of his quest.
He climbed over the rocks and there he was - the Nightdevil.
他们的目光短暂相触。
像被闪电击中一样。羽人意识空白，屏住呼吸。
他的心脏像是停止了，又好像从未如此鲜活地跳动过。
Their eyes met.
As if he was hit by lightning, the Feather Man held his breath.
His heart stopped functioning, or maybe it started beating for the very first time.
很奇怪 ，他与夜魔明明第一次见面，却像多年旧友，并肩坐在夜色里，谈笑着， 晚风轻拂，星辰仿佛触手可及。
夜魔有着令人难以置信的温柔 ，他美丽的长发在夜色中闪耀。
夜魔说羽人的羽毛很美，说自己已经很久没有笑，还告诉羽人天边最亮的那颗是金星。
他分享小小的琐碎烦恼，在羽人听来却是全宇宙最大的事。
羽人缄默地回应着、沉默地呐喊着。
他想说金星也好水星也好，比不过夜魔眼中的星辰。
深洋也好浅滩也好，比不过夜魔发间的潮汐。
清淡又浓重的夜色里，夜魔的笑，让羽人找到了整个宇宙存在的意义。
当羽人与夜魔的手臂相触时，感觉彼此的体温温暖又滚烫 。
温度似乎蔓延上羽人的脸颊 ，在融化，又好似在燃烧。
It's their very first encounter. Weird enough, they chatted like long-lost friends, while sitting side by side in the starry night.
The Nightdevil, with his breathtakingly gorgeous long hair, was unbelievably kind and gentle.
He told the Feather Man that he hasn't smiled in a long time. He pointed at the night sky and told the Feather Man the brightest one was Venus.
He told the Feather Man that he hasn't smiled in a long time. He pointed at the night sky and told the Feather Man the brightest one was Venus.
Small things in life, shared by the Nightdevil, became the biggest event to the Feather Man.The Feather Man sat there, quietly listening to the Nightdevil. He wanted to say all stars in the universe were no match for the light in the Nightdevil’s smile.
The Feather Man searched the universe for the meaning of his existence, and yet he found it in the Nightdevil’s eyes.
When their arms met, they both felt the warming heat. Boiling, comforting.
He could sense his own blush.
He felt like he was melting and burning at the same time.
He could sense his own blush.
He felt like he was melting and burning at the same time.
羽人跨越了无数个山川河流来到极地，见过整个星系里，日出日落与所有绚烂的行星。
但万般风景，比不上夜魔倒映着他身影的眼睛。
每一秒都好像静止，又好像快进到千百年后。他们坐着仿佛不过一瞬，万年时光就流淌而过。
两个跨越了宇宙才相遇的生命，在星辰夜空里紧紧相依。
夜魔告诉羽人，他从宇宙伊始便诞生于星际间。他目睹过千万种繁华和消逝、出生与消亡。他看见过庞大骇人的飞船战舰穿梭于虫洞，又在片刻被引力潮汐撕成粉碎、消隐无踪。他目睹过那些绚烂短暂的存在、潦草忙乱的生灵，却从没见过如羽人一般，纯粹执着、目光坚定的人类。
但万般风景，比不上夜魔倒映着他身影的眼睛。
每一秒都好像静止，又好像快进到千百年后。他们坐着仿佛不过一瞬，万年时光就流淌而过。
两个跨越了宇宙才相遇的生命，在星辰夜空里紧紧相依。
夜魔告诉羽人，他从宇宙伊始便诞生于星际间。他目睹过千万种繁华和消逝、出生与消亡。他看见过庞大骇人的飞船战舰穿梭于虫洞，又在片刻被引力潮汐撕成粉碎、消隐无踪。他目睹过那些绚烂短暂的存在、潦草忙乱的生灵，却从没见过如羽人一般，纯粹执着、目光坚定的人类。
“你是第一个来见我的人类，究竟是怎样的固执，让你找到了这里？”
The epic encounter between two very different lives, made only possible by the Feather Man's journey across countless galaxies, was remembered eternally by those fading stars beneath their inseparable shadows.
The Feather Man flew pass thousands of planets on his way. He had seen the entire galaxy and witnessed millions of sunrises and sunsets. But nothing compared to the Nightdevil’s beautiful eyes.
The Feather Man flew pass thousands of planets on his way. He had seen the entire galaxy and witnessed millions of sunrises and sunsets. But nothing compared to the Nightdevil’s beautiful eyes.
They were there for maybe a second, or maybe thousands of years. Time flied, and yet it turned still on that very spot.
The Nightdevil told the Feather Man that he had been there since the beginning of time. He had witnessed thousands of planets rising and dying, along with millions of births and deaths. He has seen vast, monstrous ships and battleships travel through wormholes and then be torn to pieces by gravitational waves and vanished within seconds. He had seen all the splendidly ephemeral existences and scrawny creatures of the universe, but never had he seen a pure, determined and stubborn human being like the Feather Man.
"You are the first one to visit. What brings you here?”
破晓时分，属于黑暗的夜魔就会离去。
他们轻轻相拥，互道离别。
他们短暂相遇，一眼万年。
羽人无法呼吸。他如至仙境，又恍如身在地狱，被迫在眉睫的分别压得几乎窒息。
离别的痛苦将他灵魂撕扯粉碎。
The Nightdevil belonged to the night. He would depart at the brink of sunrise.
They hugged gently and bid farewells.
The Feather Man couldn’t breathe.
They were together for a second, sharing a glance of a million years.
As if he were in Heaven and Hell at the same time, overwhelmed by the imminent separation.
He was torn apart by the painful separation.
他看着夜魔，想说也许可以不用道别。他幻想了一瞬间，两人共同站在宇宙边缘，长久相依的永远。
可夜魔看起来好像很遥远，似乎也不需要自己。他如银河系最边缘又璀璨的行星，距离羽人97195804光年。
羽人在这个相伴的夜晚，找到自己存在的意义。
他好想拥有第二个这样的夜晚，第二次这样的拥抱，再次看到夜魔的眼睛。
他第一次祈求神听见他微弱的祈祷。
“可我又是谁呢，仅是银河中一粒微小灰尘般的存在罢了”
幸福转瞬即逝。
命运好似巨大的赌场，羽人却没有致胜的筹码。
仿佛从神明手中偷走了一夜幸福，被刻下了不能拥有的诅咒。
He looked at the Nightdevil. For a second, the Feather Man tried to say that perhaps they didn’t have to be apart. He imagined the two of them standing together on the edge of the universe, clinging to each other for a long eternity.
But the Nightdevil seemed so distant, like a bright star shining at the edge of the galaxy, light-years from him.
He thought he found the purpose of his existence. And yet, in this moment, he was lost again.
He prayed to have two more nights, two more hugs, or just a second chance to see the light in the Nightdevil's eyes.
He prayed, for the first time, that God would listen to his trivial desire.
He prayed to have two more nights, two more hugs, or just a second chance to see the light in the Nightdevil's eyes.
He prayed, for the first time, that God would listen to his trivial desire.
"But I’m just a speck of dust within the galaxy."
Happiness is fleeting.I was cursed.
In the huge casino of fate, I have no winning chips, there's a price to everything.
谢谢你，让我拥有一晚如此美好的回忆 。
Thank you for a wonderful night. Thank you for those memories.
Please remember our days together, and how my heartbeats fled free.
Thank you & goodbye.
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CREATION | VISUAL BY — 六雲
WRITTEN BY — LANCA [3 Owls Studio]
