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第二章 高積雲
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住在便利商店樓上有什麼好處？那就是身體的作息會慢慢和著個城市同步吧？329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtNKE2fQ07
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「叮咚」的開門聲早已變成背景的白噪音，穿過簡陋的夾層，頻率會隨著人們活動的節奏而改變。深夜裡，海潮的聲音會漸漸蓋過開門鳴響。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH95yVFIqJM
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進貨卡車的滴滴聲和「貨車右轉，請注意安全。」在清晨時會響起，那時身體會漸漸醒，夢會開始複雜，眼皮輕輕跳。柴油船外機作響，膠筏出港。著橘色背心的海巡隊會目送著漁船，在如絲的海面刮出淺淺的白沫。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqygelqnWgo
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咖啡機、收銀機、飲料櫃關門時的風壓，在日出後也會開始噪。如果你這時醒來，可能可以看見雜木林中的鷺群成歪斜的人字，飛向灰色的海。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7Iprzt89c
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大進醒來的時候發現窗戶沒關，海風搖動著紗質的白色窗簾。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HVH1zUhYr
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一個黑影迅速從落地窗的縫隙鑽了進來。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFhpuJz11P
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大進驚坐起，外套從他昨晚睡覺的沙發滑落地面。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY6FROKyyg
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「Kiri！」大進用氣音說道。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmfzyz463v
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Kiri在聽到名字的時候豎起了尾巴，胡亂應了一聲「喵」就往床底鑽去。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn1UKq1xdB
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Kiri是麗灣附近的野貓，原本是沒有名字的，直到有一天一群日本高中生來觀光，說這隻毛色和清晨霧氣(きり)的顏色很像，便這樣叫了，牠本貓也很中意這個名字。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOQXkynFnt
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大進追著貓來到床邊，看見仍在熟睡的桑妮，麥色的腿由Oversize的衣襬露出，趾頭蜷曲著，夾著大進的床單。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNZuJPfEsJ
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昨晚雨後，他們回到租賃處，大進挖出一件舊系服給桑妮穿，輪流洗了熱水澡便睡了。大進昨夜睡在沙發上，脖子還有點酸，他想著自己應該沒有做出什麼踰矩的行為吧？329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFAWusJwDZ
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大進吞了一口口水，慢慢地幫桑妮把被子給蓋好。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9JMgKZTj2
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大進花了約半個小時和Kiri纏鬥，逗貓棒、雷射筆、衛生紙球，能用的都用上了，還是不肯從床底出來，最後只好下樓去便利商店買貓罐頭。每次都這樣。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiSux7KI1H
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回到房間時，桑妮已經醒了，Kiri窩在她的腿上，快樂地呼嚕著。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbvG4zDoeJ
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「臭貓，去樓下買罐頭，害我被店員笑。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxF4ssaose
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「笑你什麼？」桑妮搔著Kiri的下巴。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oHzzeAvML
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「笑我帶妹子回家睡覺。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjixv7IXqJ
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「我們又沒怎麼樣。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oXlBdHlam
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「嗯……。」大進摸了摸鼻子，他害羞的時候鼻子都會發紅，因此養成了假裝鼻癢的習慣。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuxScbP7wY
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大進低著頭把三明治和牛奶放在桌上，避開桑妮的眼神。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG9QyPzJVT
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「還是說，你期待我們，怎麼樣？」桑妮抱著Kiri來到大進身後。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX4PBOTf1a
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「我等一下要去打工，下午會去龍蝦坑那邊釣魚，要來嗎？」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPf2z1MB9z
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桑妮吃著三明治，鼓著嘴糊糊地說著什麼好冷漠。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByXVyX59AX
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「你加我好友一下，海博館那邊結束LINE妳。」大進把手機滑到加入好友的QR-code畫面。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcJv0z0GVt
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「我沒手機。」桑妮小聲地說。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zn3HgjGJC
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由麗灣通往柴城的濱彎道路很寬，是大進離開麗灣後才興建的，兩旁種植著海芒果，部分道路下方還有生態廊道，可以讓一些濱海生物通行，路蟹、寄居蟹、黑背海蛇。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c7midgALx
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大進的老檔車在道路上奔馳，其實抵達海博館最快的路徑是走內陸的省道，但那裡車多、速度快，不符合麗灣居民的生活節奏。濱彎道路是蜿蜒的，依著海岸地形建造，遇到年邁的老樹也會很有禮貌地繞路。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbI3QylczrO
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車子是大進和被退學的歷史系學長收的，車子很古老，排氣聲也很老派。巧克力胎捲起木麻黃的針葉以及一些細碎的鹽晶。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6Bz3ikAyd
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「桑妮怎麼會連手機都沒有？麗灣有這麼落後？」大進邊騎邊想，海風吹亂他的思緒，讓他不自覺地鬆了一點油門。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE6ifsUvIo
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離開租賃處前，大進又翻箱倒櫃挖出去年淘汰的舊手機，跑去樓下買一張預付卡，又被店員挑眉嘲笑一番，再用光速設定好LINE帳號，把手機塞給桑妮。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLORA9UK0zO
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大進還記得後照鏡中，蔚藍蒼穹下，桑妮的微笑。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrepMKTO4g
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來到柴城海博館，大進把車子側停在一棵棋盤腳下，棋盤腳葉子大又茂密，車子停這可以遮陰，也可以掩人耳目。他拎起安全帽，躡手躡腳地想從研究室的後門進去。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2av1hbq7Tm
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「楊大進！遲到！扣錢！」一道刺耳的訓斥讓大進頸後的寒毛豎起。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaoNY8lnI0
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大進緩慢轉身，手抓著後腦，擺出不失禮貌的微笑，「敏怡教授……早安啊！」他心虛地說。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bQ1vWSLuf
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「敏怡是年輕美麗的海洋研究員，年紀輕輕就有許多SCI期刊發表，在珊瑚礁系生物研究是世界頂尖的。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjf4pb0KTr
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以上這段是海博館宣傳手冊上的文字，旁邊還附著敏怡穿著實驗袍，雙手抱胸的照片，看起來十分有幹勁。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZielBWhV9R
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但大進從來沒看過敏怡教授穿過實驗衣。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqgPD397iM
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此刻敏怡穿著短版的無袖針織衫、有扶桑花圖騰的海灘褲、夾腳拖。染成夕燒色的頭髮像是一顆馬糞海膽在頭後梳理成髻。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYOoLrMCWb
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「出大事了，大進，我們研究室要有『大進』展了！」敏怡的夾腳拖在研究室的長廊啪啪作響。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYVNKalfWm
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「又有新物種出現了嗎？」大進抱著安全帽跟在後頭，看著教授雜亂的髮髻搖啊搖。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfFd2Nd57l
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「比那個更興奮的事。」敏怡華麗轉身，食指輕觸嘴唇，比了個祕密的手勢。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jojxNtzAD
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敏怡轉動門把，打開了通往遊客展示區的後門。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZYDQyo4RN
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這裡是園區尚未對外開放的區域，地板上散落著各式管線與器具，液壓升降平台倚在巨大的缸體前。除霧設備還在測試階段，水缸的壁是迷濛的白。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCPH4Ax8Ha
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大進好像看見水缸裡有東西在游動。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhq8GdHkPp
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未來這座水缸預計要入住的是白鯨(Delphinapterus leucas)，與日本名古屋港水族館合作，準備迎接去年十一月誕生的小白鯨。但日本那邊說小白鯨目前狀況不太好，還不適合長程運輸。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqD9Zk7fDxF
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敏怡在液壓升降台前跳躍，右手高舉，想要拿下被工人隨意擱置在平台上的遙控器，小小的腰窩在大進眼前浮動。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWgFqsOPdu
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「幫一下。」敏怡回頭喊。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDbnGKUtKI
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大進看傻了，趕緊上去稍微墊起腳尖便取下了遙控器。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7vstQBVL2
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敏怡趁機把手伸進大進的T-shirt下面，唉唷，有腹肌噎，她很陶醉地搓揉著。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTxvvD8CbD
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「妳這是職場性騷擾喔，敏怡姊。」大進板起了臉。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZK7piMKVGY
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「對不起……。」敏怡露出驚訝的神情。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZy5UIM5XH
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「騙妳的啦，呵。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ChxvPEPtP
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液壓升降台緩緩上升，水缸的曝氣設備的噪音越來越大。一直要到最上方大進才看清楚缸子裡的生物。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqxSTNqOze
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兩隻白色鯨體在水下游動，背上有淺灰色的斑點，額隆突出。但最令人震驚的是那長長的獨角由吻部突起，像一把鋒利的西洋劍。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWj06XAGrr
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「一角鯨！？」大進只有在教科書和影片中看過這傳奇的物種，但在他的記憶中，一角鯨的活動範圍是在寒冷的北大西洋海盆。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt82KWBrNH
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敏怡點點頭，她說昨天就有漁民通報近海的定置網，有被破壞的狀況，也有作業船隻說有看到鯨豚在麗灣海域出現。結果今天凌晨就有衝浪客在麗灣真的看見這兩隻一角鯨，牠們好像被昨天低氣壓帶來的長浪推進灣區，體力不足，游不出去。我們去看發現好像有受傷就趕緊帶回來治療了，而且日出之後不知道牠們會不會被曬死。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45pNvEq4Zt
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青色的水波紋在敏怡的臉上搖晃，她皺著眉，神情凝重。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTohB5y8g6
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「我不知道這些事什麼時候會被媒體發現，先是許多從來沒看過的物種冒出來，現在又出現一角鯨。我想說的是——。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGq5YSrc7Cr
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敏怡轉身過來，手指敲擊著金屬圍欄，眼神裡充滿光芒，像是盛夏的星砂。大進就是看見教授對於海、對於探索未知的熱誠，才選擇回來麗灣的。329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34FFwmC8Wv
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「——大事就要發生了，我有預感。」329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlFMP72Vk8
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