愛莉的真名自然不是愛莉，如她所言她是個攝影師。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFpdn5Ekh1
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但準確來說，是前攝影師。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrF2KwpjyJs
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「全職做攝影師而養得活自己嘅人唔多……好可惜，愛莉唔係其中之一。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi4o2Ku8ck
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鈴兒帶我來到了天井下的接待處，從抽屜中拿出一張相片，上面都是鈴兒和大家在阡迴旅館中的日常照。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe07LkY235P
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雖然不是甚麼美輪美奐的服飾背景，但從構圖，光影，看得出愛莉精準地捕捉了大家的身姿。笑著的鈴兒，彼此碰杯的阿力與阿倫，伏在鈴兒胸前撒嬌的渺渺……愛莉的相片之中滲透著日常感，看畢後有種心中暖洋洋的感覺。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKut5saZWh
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「好靚係唔係？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTfG9M8wNA
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我看著相片中的鈴兒說：「嗯，好靚。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTyTLRVeyC
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「愛莉嘅影相技術無異係真材實料，但係想喺香港做一個全職攝影師實在太難，唉。」鈴兒嘆一口氣道，「所以佢亦無辦法，只有向現實低頭，做返會計。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1bLY3S5mY
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「吓，會計？咁咪完全唔關事……」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMFjYqxqGm
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「嗯，仲無晒私人時間添。」鈴兒說，「佢係某晚OT到凌晨，忍唔住話落街買咖啡，結果走咗去天星碼頭旁邊忍唔住對住個海喊。又唔想返上去寫字樓，又唔可以一走了之，因為要靠份工生活……」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7s3FvIdJj
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我輕咬下唇：「我好明白……大家生活都唔易。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkcBmppvLz
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「但佢真係好鐘意影相，咁嘅生活……佢根本無返去嘅理由。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIQtKrgs5j
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「返去嘅理由…」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MkwYjMKOo
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「之後係大廈入面蕩失路，搵唔到升降機大堂，行出大廈只見到阡迴旅館，愛莉就係咁樣嚟到呢度。」鈴兒說。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutM7BQgqr3
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我搖頭道：「唔怪得佢唔想返去，係度佢可以盡情影相，又唔使擔心生計，我係佢都唔走。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2o2jN5JIG
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「當然，但問題就係呢度：留係阡迴旅館之中，無論留幾耐都好，佢永遠無可能成為真正嘅攝影師。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD74RjPJfH
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我心中一沉。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCUg0PRomq
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因為我意識到阡迴旅館的限制了。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7utCZYwDZ
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這兒沒有時間流動，雖然我們不會老去不會疲累，但也意味著在阡迴旅館中沒有成為更好版本自己的可能。阡迴旅館內時間是停滯的，所以人生也會定格在這兒。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSLQH8UxiT
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只要留在這兒，愛莉永遠沒法成為攝影師。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU9SqFgY8Q
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只要留在這兒，我也永遠沒法……465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RsRLvIZkl
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「唔好意思，遲咗。」旁邊的門打開，愛莉穿過門到達大堂。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioEZDlH1WP
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「唔緊要，係我同阿柏早咗到。反正我地呢度唔缺時間啦。」鈴兒馬上擺出開朗的樣子，果然在這笑容下是一顆體貼，溫柔的細膩內心。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvSJGohddl
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「我始終想再睇多次。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTHWI7liGu
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「睇幾多次都可以喔。」鈴兒說，「嚟，我邊行邊講你知，阿柏。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4mge5fLjx
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「哦…哦好！」我唯唯諾諾跟上。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Bf84TtHDE
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按鈴兒剛剛所說，她就是要使用名為「阡迴之門」的權能，通往時間和平行宇宙…？465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7wr59rM6Q
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甚麼跟甚麼。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfwINt6Nwt
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「阡迴旅館係所有道路嘅交匯之處，即使係唔同時間線嘅平行宇宙都包括在內。身為職員嘅我，就係要負責為住客打開阡迴之門，令佢地搵到返去嘅動機同地方。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcUJBNjJoj
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這時我突然發現鈴兒修長的玉掌結出了一個手印。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlhYbyGy8N
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「例如——」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVnez1sM7o
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隨她優雅的腰姿擺動往前走，鈴兒腳下的地板突然如泛起漣漪般輕晃，她別著的風鈴髮飾奏鳴出清脆的聲音。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQPaPXMnv2
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「叮鈴……叮鈴……」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bGt9PY8d0
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鈴兒閉上眼，如同傾聽著風鈴在天井之中激起的迴音。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyvsq6FUKy
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「嗯，行呢邊。」鈴兒張開眼回首微笑，然後信步往迴音最為深厚的角落走去。的確很明顯聽得到迴音從這邊傳來，原來風鈴是用來定位的方法。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS4uZIfEEz
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我們穿過天井下的大堂，迴音的殘響言猶在耳，天井化成巨大的共鳴箱，每隔幾步殘響都會再次掠過中庭，提醒我們前進的方向。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTeyFSRlJg
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「你睇呢道門。」鈴兒說。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ6wCVG4k8
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「Hall 2B？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFhqbYPRpN
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這門的風格與阡迴旅館的室內設計格格不入，金屬邊框加上噴砂銅面相當歐式，門柄還是木雕花的長形原木，能看到木紋在凹凸浮雕上起伏。在門的正中央，以秀麗的英文寫上「Hall 2B」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ4kxvBQK3
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「阡迴之門會複製出目的地嘅一扇門，之後穿過去就可以到達目的地。」鈴兒按著門把，「準備好？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIbgJ1W7us
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我點點頭：「嗯。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNubiMocLD
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「唔係問你喇阿柏，我問緊愛莉。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4z856pj8V
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愛莉失笑：「我準備好。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGWbNNtoeE
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甚麼嘛，她還是會笑的。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltutPIT5Wz
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「嘎——」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwnmhZoUcu
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鈴兒推開阡迴之門，我們三人魚貫地通過，門的後方竟然不是阡迴旅館的任何一個空間，而是一個宴會現場！465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVsJShlUjc
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「呢度……！」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EpiA8tznC
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舞台前方大排筵席，人們都衣香鬢影，一桌又一桌的大圓桌旁坐著各國籍的各色人種，但他們都穿得相當體面，男的穿西裝燕尾服，女的穿晚裝裙子。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4ElT5iPLD
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啊糟糕了雖然未搞清這是怎麼回事，但我穿著很舒服但絕不適合這兒的鬆身外套和運動褲……465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmbHT04bgB
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「咦？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYqX9XbLHt
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低頭一看，我身上不知何時都換上了寶藍色的西裝和皮鞋。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoA43FgouC
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「幾襯你啊，阿柏。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMXNObA7cU
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「多謝……你地都…我地幾時換埋衫？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡideTjBTmaj
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鈴兒穿上了酒紅色的長尾晚裝裙，高根鞋上的黑絲襪與晚裝長手襪互相呼應，而愛莉就穿上了橙色的晚裝裙加上優雅的長披肩。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEA8e8usX9
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「始終係嚟呢種場合嘛。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf4us4ye9O
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我回首看看剛才穿過的門，剛好有一名侍者穿門而出，可以看到門後已經變回了酒店金碧輝煌的大堂，絕非古色古香的阡迴旅館。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jlJW3PbEH
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「呢度係……」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugeuZwlPpP
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環顧四周，我馬上看到舞台上的英文標題：世界新聞攝影基金會頒獎典禮，這倒算了，但最嚇人的是後面的年份。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2Uz9GYP5Q
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「等陣先！個年份係唔係寫錯？！」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSmZewJYWK
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鈴兒說：「年份無寫錯，呢度係未來，應該話係多如恆河沙數無數個未來之中嘅其中一個。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1sGlUVLwt
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「世界新聞攝影比賽，係世界上其中一個最重要嘅攝影比賽，同美國嘅普立茲獎齊名。但係後者主要係美國人先可以參加，所以……呢度可以話係攝影記者嘅殿堂。」愛莉雙眼閃閃發亮。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg1GGaC16e
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「各位先生女士，請大家就座，好快我地今晚嘅典禮就會正式開始。」舞台上出現同樣穿著西裝的主持人，他以英文發言，附近的人聞言也紛紛和正在聊天聚首的人暫時別過，然後坐回自己的座位上。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStux3OJEAp
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就在那瞬間，我看到了。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShRHRJQoYv
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主舞台前方的一張圓桌旁，一個女士與男伴坐下。那女士不是誰，正是我們身邊的愛莉！但是看年紀似乎年長些許，旁邊那個男人與她也表現親密，無名指上的婚戒……是他的丈夫！465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa01e6QUiGR
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這就是鈴兒口中說的「未來」！465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwgJd6nvqB
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「鈴兒，我地坐邊？」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeNlGSWNc6
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這種場合都是預先分配好座位的吧，我們身為從阡迴旅館而來的人怎麼辦？465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmAZwFt58T
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「我地行呢邊。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebP8TLhWTh
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鈴兒領著我們逆人潮而上，賓客回到舞台前的座位，我們離舞台而遠去，如同逆著時間流而上一樣。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI88nGMxxI
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就在我們再次穿門而過前。我卻看到那兒年長的愛莉正回首看著我們的方向！465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uAoJ0cUJ9
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「嘎——」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe5t2D1Jaq
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穿過大門，我們卻沒有回到阡迴旅館，而是回到了同一個宴會廳！465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1Sp5vRstx
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ8H8cj4yn
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這邊的年長愛莉衣服變了，身邊的丈夫也換了一個人！465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM6XWA3NkV
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「呢度已經係另一個平行宇宙。」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TvC3M172l
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鈴兒繼續前進，剛好我們這邊的門旁邊有著另一扇門，我們馬上又鑽進去。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgd0SSXUCSR
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YpZUZlZtZ
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年長愛莉的衣服再次改變，身邊變成了一個較年青的男生。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpauWKgGTv
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKeKmTgrbS
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每次穿過門，舞台旁邊的愛莉其打扮都會有些許不同，或是頭髮長了，或是晚裝變了款式，或是頸飾的長度不同，而她身邊的同伴也會男女老幼變個不停，其中一次最離譜是她肩膊上繼續坐著一隻鸚鵡。465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpkIGcUgxl
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