C15 (1/2)
” ”Skin?” I don't know why, but the moment I heard the word 'skin', I couldn't help but think back to a few days ago when that Mountain Demon had gone to the shop to give me a piece of skin. That piece of skin was about the same size as the piece of cloth I had just used, but that piece of skin was lost on the way back, and I didn't have much impression of it. Otherwise, I would have thought of the piece of skin and not the piece of cloth.
”Could it be the one you lost?” the pockmark asked.
”Hard to say, like!”
” If it's the one you lost, that's also true. Maybe the other party is just borrowing it, and after using it, he'll return it to you this way! ”
”I'm the opposite of what you think. If you're an acquaintance, you can just say so. If you're a stranger, then what's the difference between borrowing secretly and stealing? Why do you need to return it to me after stealing it?”
” Maybe the other party just doesn't want to make things difficult for him. Maybe the other party isn't a stranger, and isn't an acquaintance either! ”
”Damn, you speak as if you are that person. Don't tell me you are the most familiar stranger?”
”Why must it be for me, or maybe for you?”
” Someone sent Mountain Demon all the way to the shop to give you a piece of leather. You think no one will give you another piece in the middle of the night because I don't think this leather is for me! ”
”I don't think it's a problem with the leggings. It's been a long way. The animals seem to have disappeared!”
”That's true, but if no animals come out, there must be something more dangerous. We have to be extra careful!”
”What could cause all the animals in the forest to run away?”
” You know, humans are the spirits of all living things, and are indeed very clever, but did you realize, people's progress in being close to nature is far inferior to that of animals, or it could be said that people's ability to sense nature is far worse than that of animals, or else, before the earthquake, animals would react to everything, and people would just not know, this time, there's nothing in the forest. The pockmarks held onto my leggings, hesitating whether I should tie them up or not. In the end, they still tied them up, and passed them to me, indicating that I should also tie them up.
” It doesn't seem right, pockmarked! ”
” ”What's wrong?”
”We arrived at the cabin in the evening yesterday, right?”
” ”Nonsense!”
”Do you remember when we were walking toward the cabin, we were facing the sun, that is to say, we came from the east side of the cabin, and this would be in the morning, why is the sun still in the west?”
I told him about the instantaneous analysis in my head.