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She laughed. "It's hard to believe we ever lived long enough to evolve out of that. If you chop off its legs, they won't regrow." She cocked her head, fascinated. "It's as delicate as rock. You break it, and it never comes back together.

她笑了。“很难相信我们曾经活过足够长的时间来摆脱这种状态。如果你砍掉它的腿，它们就不会再生了。”她歪着头，听得入了迷。“它像岩石一样脆弱。你打破了它，它再也不会回来了。

— Paolo Bacigalupi 保罗·巴奇加卢比