Chapter 5288 (five thousand two hundred and eighty-eight) longer

The man replied, “Yes.”

“Do you think it is appropriate to say that they have been swallowed by darkness when there is still light all around them?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

The man said, “Like I just said, from my perspective, I can think… that the place where they are has been swallowed by darkness, because… there is too little light.”

After the man finished speaking, he thought about the question asked by the Gray Hands again, and suddenly felt something was wrong, so he said to the Gray Hands: “Oh… what I said… what I said was just my perspective at the time… Actually… it doesn’t mean it’s really like that. If you don’t think it’s like that… then… that makes sense. If you think what I said is wrong, then… maybe what I said is wrong.”

“Why do you suddenly say that?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“Because… you suddenly asked this.” said the man.

“Just say what you want to say.” said the man with gray hands.

“Not really, your question…made me realize…realize my mistake…” the man said.

The Gray Hand asked again: “Error?”

“Although… although the place where they are is already surrounded by darkness, in my… opinion at that time, it can be considered as being swallowed by darkness, but… but in fact, it may not have been swallowed. If… if I didn’t look at it from my perspective at that time, even if… even if the place where they are is surrounded by darkness, but… but there is still light there, and I should… I shouldn’t say that those of them who are still in the light have ‘already’ been swallowed by the darkness. The inner circle… has light, and the outer circle… is darkness. They… they are still surrounded by light for the time being… then… I can’t say that.” The man said, “But… I can say that they will be swallowed by the darkness sooner or later. I should say that they will be swallowed by the darkness, rather than saying ‘already’.”

The Gray Hand Man said, “Did you see them being swallowed by darkness later?”

“No.” said the man.

“And they were always in the light?” asked the Gray Hands.

“Yes.” said the man.

“If that’s the case, why do you still say that they will be swallowed by darkness?” The Gray Hand Man said. “I think… I think what I saw is temporary.” The man said, “I mean… later… a long, long time… later.”

The Gray Hand Man asked again, “Why are you so sure?”

“Just because… because… I know that wherever there is light, it will be swallowed up sooner or later.” said the man.

“Why do you think so?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“Well…that’s what I think.” said the man.

“Never wondered why?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“My real-life experience has already told me why.” The man said, “I…I don’t seem to need to think about it any more.”

“Experience is a thing of the past, right?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“Yes.” said the man.

“Does the past necessarily represent the future?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“It seems… not necessarily.” The man said, “But do you think they are certain this time?”

“I… I just hope… I hope their light will be swallowed by darkness.” The man said, “When I feel it is certain, then… I will feel better.”

“Did you think so at the time?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

(End of this chapter)