《死亡率》逆槐

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　　“时间由开始和结束定义。”

　　他们乘着墨色的羽翼在无形的黑暗之海沉沉沉浮浮，他对Raphael轻柔的低语。

　　“听着，”他继续低低的道，“我触及你的呼吸，触发的欢愉翻涌如潮。这轻触短暂，言语飞逝，我和你一同泯灭是不是也很美？”

　　Raphael迟疑了，不过，一切都结束了，这不再重要。

　　Lucifer阴郁的轻笑在他的胜利中绽放。

　　“Raphael，你知道吗？我问上帝的时候，他也同样踟躇。”

　　fin

　　（这是在光的记忆之前，那时“启明星”（译者：lucifer有启明星/金星的意思）预示着“剧变的前兆”，而Raphael的任务是治愈和阻止变化。）

　　这个是原文：

　　Lucifer/Raphael, mortality.
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　　Time is defined by beginnings and endings, he whispered to Raphael as they drifted on blackest wings over a formless ocean of dark.

　　(For this was before the memory of light, when "Morningstar" meant "change-herald," and Raphael's role was to heal and protect against change.)

　　Listen, he whispered again, I touch your breath, and pleasure washes in the touch's wake. Touch is fleeting, words are fleeting, and would it not be beauty if we too were fleeting

　　Raphael hesitated. But after endings, there is nothing.

　　Lucifer's smile glittered blackly in triumph. Raphael, did you not know There, too, God dwells.

　　finis.