遠遠的就看見牠了，還是在路邊，一對情侶的身旁。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7GZa77QfN
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那對情侶在吵架，牠離他們那樣近，他們卻視若無睹。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb9qsSiqaE
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我在馬路的對面看著，被一隻豹看著自己與情人爭吵的感覺不知道是什麼…？509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlrqKXXpRD
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牠的頭慢慢低下，用牠的前腳掌拍了拍（還是摸？）自己的領結，幾分鐘後牠抬頭，看見了我。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEsjnoZ2KZ
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一瞬間讓我感覺自己是個偷窺狂。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6s2Ij5l0wc
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花豹離開情侶，越過馬路來到我身旁。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXGEbqSAhC
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「呃…我記得上次你跟我說，如果再遇到我，要把有關哀悼的事情告訴我。」為減緩尷尬氣氛，我只能先開口。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0r8Nagym7
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「我剛剛正那樣做。」花豹說。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlZ6HNtRPI
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「我以為你所謂的哀悼，是跟死亡有關的那種。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCOQz2l5kF
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牠說，很多事情都可以哀悼，逝去的生命當然是其中一種，剛剛牠所哀悼的，是逝去的愛情。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNNsRVlcTA
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有時牠要替離家的游子哀悼；有時牠站在十字路口，為了十年前的一場車禍哀悼；或是在哪個女孩學會化妝與打扮後，為她哀悼。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVIDCDyod8
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「逝去的，就不會再重生，唯一能做的就是哀悼，感謝他曾經出現。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPN1cuigQf
花豹說這句話的時候，沒有看著我。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcfVE0ZyIl
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我問牠，「哀悼」是牠的工作嗎，牠沉默了一會兒，說：「不是工作，但性質就像工作吧。」我聽不懂。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFiTjdkHLt
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我又問，還有其他花豹或其他動物也和你做一樣的事嗎，牠說：「有的，但是不多，也多半不願意接近人類，這個世界上需要哀悼的對象太多了，人類不是首選。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilDqB2Trd8
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當我說「那像你們這樣的…」花豹突然插話，「這就是哀悼手不願意接近人類的原因。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWII3vwYZa
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「什麼？」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BF85abtDm
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「你們、你們、我們、我們。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1omgMwr9Pj
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…我懂了。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug4x6ydIGg
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「對不起。」我臉一紅，對於身為人類的自己。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPafNAH5VDq
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「沒關係，那是本能。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u1qV6avwo
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「我們…呃，人類的本能？」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqm79Tk5BT
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「是的，本能。『歸類』、『命名』、『階級』，樂此不疲。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ6YNc4mK1
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我注意到牠從未提起「你們」。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT7wosNnog
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「我無意使妳內疚。」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ8lBPDKuV
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「………」來不及啦，我覺得丟臉死了。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gK4iAFuc0
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「可以幫我調一下領結嗎？」509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjPWG3HsPw
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原來花豹是會笑的。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnmuy4fAfu
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我幫牠調整了領結，紳士的點了頭道謝後，牠就走了，說下次遇見的時候再聊。509Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVpvLkPv5C
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