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The man replied: "Yes."
"Do you think it's appropriate to say that they have been swallowed by darkness when there is still light around them?" the man with gray hands asked.
The man said: "As I just said, from my perspective, I can think... that the place where they are has been swallowed up by darkness, because... there is too little light."
The man just finished saying this and thought about the question asked by the gray-hand man again. Suddenly he felt something was wrong, so he said to the gray-hand man: "Oh... what I said... what I said was only from my point of view at that time. It seems...actually...that doesn't mean it's true. If you think that's not the case...then...that makes sense. If you think what I said is wrong, then...maybe what I said is wrong."
"Why did you suddenly say this?" asked the gray-handed man.
"Because...you suddenly asked like this." The man said.
"You just need to say what you want to say." The gray-handed man said.
"No, your question... made me realize... realized my mistake..." the man said.
The man with gray hands asked again: "Wrong?"
"Although...although the place where they are is surrounded by darkness, it seemed to me...at that time that it could be regarded as being swallowed up by darkness, but...but in fact, it may not necessarily be swallowed up there. If...if I didn't look at it from my perspective at the time, Look, even if...even if the place where they are is surrounded by darkness, but...but there is still light there, I...I shouldn't say that those of them who are still in the light have been swallowed by the darkness. The inner circle is... there is light, and the outer circle... is dark. They... they are still surrounded by light... then... I can't say that," the man said, "But... I can say that they will be swallowed up by darkness sooner or later. It should be said that they will be swallowed up by darkness, instead of saying 'already'"
The man with gray hands said: "Did you see them being swallowed by darkness later?"
"No." The man said.
"Then they were always in the light?" the man with gray hands asked.
"Yes." The man said.
"In that case, why do you still say that they will be swallowed by darkness?" the gray-handed man said. "I think... I think what I saw is temporary." The man said, "What I'm talking about is... it will be much later... a long, long time... later."
The man with gray hands said again: "Why are you so sure?"
"Just because... because... I know that wherever there is light, it will be devoured sooner or later." The man said.
"Why do you think so?" the gray-hand man asked.
"This...that's what I think." The man said.
"Never thought about why?" the gray-handed man asked.
"Realistic experience has already told me why." The man said, "I...I don't seem to need to think too much."
"Experiences are all in the past, right?" the gray-handed man asked.
"Yes." The man said.
"The situation in the past must represent the situation in the future?" asked the gray-handed man.
"It seems...not necessarily," the man said, "but do you think they are certain this time?"
"I...I seem to just hope...that their light will be swallowed up by darkness." The man said, "When I feel that it is certain, then...I will feel more comfortable."
"Did you think that way at the time?" the gray-handed man asked.
(End of chapter)