她的眼皮似被无形的重物沉沉压着，每一次的抬起都像是在与困倦和疲惫做着艰难的拔河。眼眸在努力撑开的瞬间，带出一丝滞涩的酸痛，眼白上布满了细密的血丝，犹如一张杂乱交织的网。
那原本明亮灵动的眸子，此刻像是蒙了一层灰暗的纱，失去了往日的光彩，只剩下深深的倦怠与无力。她缓缓地转动眼珠，像是在黏稠的液体中艰难移动，终于与他们的目光交汇在了一起。那一瞬间，她的眼神里闪过一丝短暂的清醒，像是被这交汇的目光轻轻刺痛，却又很快被无尽的疲惫所淹没。在看向他的眼神中却透着一阵不可置信的诧异——是意识到自己得救的惊喜么？
正当他想解释些什么，女孩却率先开口了。
“ That's great... it's you. Cough, cough... I... I finally found you.（太好了……是你。咳、咳……·我……我终于找到你了……）”
“Do we... know each other?（我们……认识吗？）”他稍有不解。
少女像是抓住了救命稻草般：“Finally found you... great...（终于找到你了……太好了……）”
奥菲尔德先生松了口气，轻笑着。
“Mr. Fu, so you know each other. Not bad, it can also save some trouble.（傅先生，原来你们认识啊。不错，这样也能省些麻烦。）”
“No... I don't know her.（不……我不认识她。）”
奥菲尔德先生略显诧异。
“Eh? So... did she recognize the wrong person?（咦？那……难道是她认错人了？）”
“I don't know, but it's really the first time I've seen her.（不知道，可我真的是第一次见她……）”
“Finally found you, so we can go together...（终于找到你了，这样我们就可以一起去·……）”女孩说着，眼睛却渐渐合上，言语也逐渐模糊不清。
“There's still breath, it's probably just a temporary coma. Take her to my hospital.（还有气息，应该只是暂时昏迷了。把她带到我的医院吧。）”奥菲尔德先生探了探鼻息，舒了口气。
话音刚落，一道矫健的身影就纵身攀至墙顶，仍然在观察着周围。绑着红色长辫的少女满脸写着懊恼和不甘心。
“Lost it?（跟丢了？）”他头也没回。
“Yeah... he can sneak away quickly.（是啊……·算他溜得快。）”
“Why don't you go back and report the situation to them first? It's okay if we didn't catch anyone, at least we saved the person who was attacked.（你要不先回去给他们报告情况？没抓到人没关系，至少我们救下了遇袭的人。）”
“Shh... that's all we can do.（嘁…也只能这样了。）”
红发少女还是有些不服气。
翌日。
“She woke up and we also conducted a physical examination of her, and all the physical examination data showed no problems. .（她醒过来了，我们也对她的身体进行过检查，各项体检数据显示没有问题。）”奥菲尔德先生停顿了一下，“They tried to ask her some questions, but she didn't answer them. So the only possibility now is that she doesn't want to answer.（他们尝试问过她一些问题，可她都没回答。所以现在唯一的可能就是她不想回答。）”奥菲尔德先生摊手，“However, during her coma last night, she kept talking about a person's name, which should be a person's name, it's called... 'Xiaotan'.（不过在她昨晚昏迷期间一直在说一个人名，应该是人名，是叫……‘小昙’。）”
他探头看向病床上的粉发少女。
“I'll leave it to you.（交给你了。）”
奥菲尔德先生拍拍他的肩膀，便离开了病房。
少女眼神略显空洞，坐在病床上抬眸看向窗外的天空。
病房的门被推开。
“Hey?（哎？）”
听到声音的女孩缓缓抬起头，在与他视线相交的刹那——他确定那不是错觉，一点金色的火光在她幽暗的瞳中忽然亮起。
“Xiaotan...”
“Are you calling me?（你在叫我？）”
少女的眼神中的光似乎是消散了。
他温柔地走近，坐在床边的椅子上，尽量让自己的语气听起来更加平和与安心：“My name is Fu Chenyan, you can call me Mr. Fu.（我叫傅辰彦，你可以叫我傅先生。）”
少女笑笑：“Sikorandy Orno Bush（诗蔻兰蒂 奥尔诺 布什）”
……
“It seems that your data is incorrect.（看来你们数据出错了。）”傅辰彦笑呵呵地端着两杯咖啡进入奥菲尔德先生的办公室，坐到沙发上。“I communicated with her for a while, and from the situation, she seems to have incomplete amnesia.And it is highly likely to be permanent.（我和她交流了一小会儿，从情况来看她应该是不完全失忆。而且很有可能是永久性的。）”他递给奥菲尔德先生一杯后，抿了一小口，“Hot! And she seems to recognize me as the person named '□□ Tan'.（烫！而且她似乎把我认作了那个名叫‘小昙’的人了。）”
“Is that so?But her brain was not injured, how can this be explained?（原来是这样吗？但是她的脑部并没有受到创伤，这怎么解释？）”奥菲尔德先生陷入了沉思。
“Perhaps it was a strong external stimulus?（或许是受到了外部的强大刺激呢？）”一位警员小姐走进办公室，后面跟着昨晚那位红发少女，但她似乎并没注意到他。
“Um...”
“You guys talk first, I'll go see her later.（你们先聊，我再去看看她。）”
说着他便离开了办公室。
……
“So, Miss Scolanti, can you remember the person who attacked you last night?（那么，诗蔻兰蒂小姐，你能想起昨晚袭击你的那个人吗？）”
少女摇摇头。
“So, can you tell me who the "XiaoTan" you mentioned is?（那么，你能告诉我你口中的“小昙”是谁吗？）”
“……”，少女淡淡地看着他。
“Me?（我吗？）”
少女轻轻点头。
“XiaoTan.”
他正打算起身离开时，袖口被一股小小的力道扯住，他回过头，看到了诗蔻蒂那双不知何时盈满泪水的双眼。
“Are you okay?（你怎么了？）”
“Don't go...（别走……）”
“No... I'm just taking a temporary leave.（不……我只是暂时离开一下。）”
“□□ Tan, don't leave...（小昙，不要走……）”
他对上那楚楚可怜的眼神，心软了。
“I understand, let's talk for a while.May I call you 'Scolanti'?（我知道了，那我们再聊一会儿吧。我可以叫你“诗蔻兰蒂”吗？）”
少女轻轻点头。
“So, since you still remember the name "□□ Tan＂, can you tell me what kind of person" □□ Tan" is? Or have you forgotten these too?（那，既然你还记得小昙这个名字，那你能跟我说说小昙是个怎样的人吗？还是说这些你也忘了？）”
少女的眼里再次闪烁起来光辉。
“I won't forget about □□ Tan... □□ Tan, a bit careless, but very gentle, always making friends with me...（我不会忘记小昙的事……小昙，有点马虎，但是很温柔，每一次都会和我做朋友……）”
这无法联系起来的三个特征，让他有些懵。
“Besides, have you ever been anywhere together? Or something memorable?（除此以外呢，你们有一起去过什么地方么？或者印象深刻的事？）”
少女若有所思。
“Also... took me on a walk across the street, had dinner, and promised me that he would go ride on something called a Ferris wheel.（还有……·带我逛过街，吃过饭，还答应了我，会去坐一个叫摩天轮的东西。）”
“……”，这次他彻底无语了。
当他再次准备离开时，他的衣角仍旧被拉住了。
“What's up?（怎么了？）”
他下意识地这样问道。诗蔻兰蒂似乎是被他的话语吓到，身体微微颤动了一下。
“Sorry... What I mean is, can I help you with anything else?（抱歉……我的意思是，你还有要什么帮忙的吗？）”
她探出身子，努力着似乎想够到床头柜上的什么东西。
“Here, is this it?（给，是这个吗？）”
那是一个红色的相机，但他并没有见过那种型号的，或许是个新款的，亦或者是个过时的老相机。
〔咔嚓——〕
诗蔻兰蒂接过相机，然后再脸前相机举起。
“Hey? What's up?（诶？怎么了？）”
“□□ Tan once said, if you're afraid of forgetting important things, use this to take pictures of them.（小昙说过，如果怕自己忘掉重要的事，就用这个把它们拍下来。）”
她轻轻地笑了。
“Because Xiaotan doesn't remember me either, I want to record this moment.（因为小昙也不记得我了，所以我要将这一刻记录下来。）”她轻轻地放下相机，“If recalling what happened last night can help □□ Tan, I will try my best to recall it.（如果回忆起来昨晚的事情能帮助到小昙，我会努力回忆的。）”
望着少女的笑，傅辰彦心头一颤。
“Thanks.（谢谢。）”
少女摇摇头，笑着说：“I would also be very happy if I could help □□ Tan.（如果能帮到小昙，我也很开心。）”
……
“Do you know the land area of Dallas? Where should we start looking for such a large place?（你难道不知道达拉斯市的土地面积吗？这么大的地方我们又该从何找起？）”
“This is an order from the boss. （这是老大下的命令。）”
“Speechless...（无语……）”
……
办公室中，他们沉默了一段时间，但是不知道发生了什么。
“Now her memory is the closest clue we have to the murderer, don't give up easily.（现在她的记忆是我们目前最接近凶手的线索，不要轻易放弃。）”奥菲尔德先生缓缓开口。
“At least she remembers some fragmented information. Where have you been, what have you done, what have you said? These things are all 'traces'（至少她还记得一些零碎的信息。去过哪里，做过什么事，说过什么话，这些事情都是‘痕迹’）”警员小姐将手搭在她的肩上，“Two points on a plane can determine a straight line. With enough traces, a definite 'past' can be woven.（平面上的两点就能确定一条直线。足够的痕迹，就能编织出一个确定的‘过去’。）”
“She was attacked in Dallas, so it's impossible for her not to leave any clues here.（她在达拉斯市遇袭，就不可能在这儿不留下任何线索。）”奥菲尔德先生补充。
“But Dallas is so big, searching aimlessly is like looking for a needle in a haystack（但达拉斯市这么大，没头绪地找，无异于大海捞针。）.”少女把cos用的红发和妆容卸掉，露出原本清秀的样貌。面容姣好，气质淡雅，是她给人的第一印象。“Moreover, it seems that she did not provide any valid information. Isn't this equivalent to being a headless fly?（而且，她好像并没有提供有效信息，这样不等于‘无头苍蝇’吗？）”少女整理好仪容，坐在一旁的沙发上。
“……”两人陷入沉默。
“Where is Fu?（傅呢？）”少女左右看了看。
“He is trying to inquire with the patient.（他正在尝试询问病患。）”奥菲尔德先生抬头看向她。
话落，傅辰彦进入了办公室。
“Did you ask?（问出来了吗？）”
警员小姐转头看向他。少女和奥菲尔德先生也在等待着答案。
他摇了摇头。
他们再一次丢失的线索。
气氛有些过度压抑了……
