"What did you do then?" he asked after a minute.
“然后你做了什么？”一分钟以后，他问道。
"I did some research on the Internet.""And did that convince you?" His voice sounded barely interested. But his hands were clamped hard onto the steering wheel.
“我在网上搜索了一下。”“那证实了你的猜想吗？”他的声音听起来仅仅是感兴趣。但他的手紧紧地钳握住了方向盘。
"No. Nothing fit. Most of it was kind of silly. And then…" I stopped.
“不。没有相符的内容。大多数内容都有点愚蠢。然后……”我停了下来。
"What?""I decided it didn't matter," I whispered.
“什么？”“我决定了，这无关紧要。”我低语道。
"It didn't matter?" His tone made me look up — I had finally broken through his carefully composed mask. His face was incredulous, with just a hint of the anger I'd feared.
“这无关紧要？”他的语气让我抬起头来——我最终打破了他小心翼翼地维持着的假面具。他的脸上写满了怀疑，还带着一丝让我害怕的愤怒。
"No," I said softly. "It doesn't matter to me what you are."A hard, mocking edge entered his voice. "You don't care if I'm a monster?If I'm not human!"
“是的。”我柔声说道。“不管你是什么，这对我来说都无关紧要。”生硬和嘲弄的色彩渗进了他的声音。“即使我是个怪物你也不在乎？即使我不是人类！”
"No."He was silent, staring straight ahead again. His face was bleak and cold.
“我不在乎。”他沉默了，又一次直视着前方。他的神情阴暗而冷漠。
"You're angry," I sighed. "I shouldn't have said anything.""No," he said, but his tone was as hard as his face. "I'd rather know what you're thinking — even if what you're thinking is insane.""So I'm wrong again?" I challenged.
“你生气了。”我叹息道。“我本来应该什么也不说的。”“不。”他说道，但他的声音和他的表情一样生硬。“我很想知道你在想什么——即使你的想法愚蠢透顶。”“所以我又错了？”我挑衅道。
"That's not what I was referring to. 'It doesn't matter'!" he quoted,gritting his teeth together.
“我不是在说这个。‘这无关紧要’！”他引述着我的话，咬紧了牙关。
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