087 帕克斯

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" What?" Zann's hand flew to his forehead. The purple marks were gone!

“什么？”赞恩的手迅速摸向额头。紫色的印记消失了！

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" Maybe we can get them back with a Restore spell," Perda suggested

“也许我们可以用恢复咒语把它们弄回来，”珀达建议道。

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" But we haven't learned those yet," protested Gliss

“但我们还没学过那种咒语呢，”格丽丝抗议道。

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" So what? It's worth a try." Perda rubbed her hands together." Restore!"

“那又怎样？值得一试。”珀达搓了搓手。“恢复！”

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Zann stared at her hopefully." Well?"

赞恩满怀希望地盯着她。“怎么样？”

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" Nothing." Perda's shoulders slumped." Sorry, guys."

“没用。”珀达的肩膀耷拉下来。“对不起，各位。”

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Darb shaded his eyes." Look, someone's coming."

达尔布手搭凉棚。“看，有人来了。”

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A woman was walking toward them. She was blue-skinned and bald, with a pretty, smiling face

一个女人朝他们走来。她蓝皮肤，光头，有一张漂亮的笑脸。

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" Hello," she greeted them." My name is Vee

“你们好，”她跟他们打招呼，“我叫维。

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I am the guardian of the wormhole."

我是虫洞的守护者。”

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" Why does this wormhole need a guardian?" Perda asked

“这个虫洞为什么需要守护者？”佩达问。

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" We've had some trouble lately," Vee replied

“最近我们遇到了一些麻烦，”维回答。

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" What kind of trouble?" said Gliss

“什么样的麻烦？”格丽丝说。

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" The details aren't important." Vee was still smiling

“细节并不重要。”维仍然微笑着。

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" What brings you young people to Pax?"

“你们这些年轻人来派克斯有什么事？”

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" Pax? Is that the name of this world?"

“派克斯？这是这个世界的名字吗？”

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Zann didn't remember ever hearing his parents mention a world by that name

赞恩不记得曾听父母提起过这个名字的世界。

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Perda didn't seem to recognize it either

佩达似乎也不认识。

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That meant it probably wasn't in any of his parents' books

这意味着它大概不在他父母的任何一本书里。

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" We're looking for two people," Gliss said

“我们在找两个人，”格丽丝说。

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" A woman named Wyssa and a man named Morb."

“一个名叫维莎的女人和一个名叫莫布的男人。”

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Vee gasped, her pleasant expression turning fearful

维倒吸了一口气，愉快的表情转为恐惧。

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" Why are you looking for Morb? Are you friends of his?"

“你们为什么在找莫布？你们是他的朋友吗？”

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" No way!" Perda exclaimed." Morb is evil."

“不可能！”佩达喊道。“莫布是邪恶的。”

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Vee looked relieved." Yes, we know. He's the reason I was sent to guard the wormhole."

维看起来松了口气。“是的，我们知道。他就是我被派来守护虫洞的原因。”

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" So he was here recently?" Zann asked

“所以他最近来过这里？”赞恩问。

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Vee nodded." He visited Pax just long enough to steal a mibbit."

维点了点头。“他访问派克斯的时间刚好够偷走一只米比特。”

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" A mibbit?" said Darb." What's that?"

“一只米比特？”达布说。“那是什么？”

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" One of our most cherished creatures," Vee said

“我们最珍爱的生物之一，”维说。

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" Mibbits have very strong and specific magic, and they're prone to panic

“米比特拥有非常强大且独特的魔法，而且它们容易恐慌。

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When they panic, they send out powerful energy that overwhelms anyone nearby

它们一旦受惊，就会释放出强大的能量，让周围所有人无法抵抗。

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Victims are unable to think or act or even move."

受害者会无法思考，无法行动，甚至动弹不得。”

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Zann and the others exchanged concerned glances

赞恩和其他人交换了担忧的眼神。

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" Uh-oh, that doesn't sound good," Perda said

“啊哦，这听起来可不妙。”珀达说。

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" I bet Morb wants the mibbit to help him try to take over Magica again."

“我敢打赌，莫布想用米比特帮他再次征服魔法界。”

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Vee looked confused." What are you talking about?"

维一脸困惑。“你们在说什么？”

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Zann quickly told her the whole story

赞恩迅速把整个故事告诉了她。

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" So that's why we're afraid that Morb might be gathering power again," he finished

“所以，我们才担心莫布可能又在聚集力量了。”他最后说道。

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" Maybe Morb is trying to force my parents to help him."

“也许莫布是想强迫我父母帮他。”

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" Then again, maybe Morb isn't interested in Magica anymore," Darb suggested

“不过话说回来，也许莫布对魔法界已经不感兴趣了。”达布推测道。

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" Your parents know a lot about other worlds, right?

"你的父母对其他世界了解很多，对吧？

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Maybe Morb is planning to use their knowledge to take over a different world this time."

也许莫布这次打算利用他们的知识去占领别的世界。"

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" Like this one, maybe?" Gliss glanced around at the beautiful scenery

"也许就是这个世界？"格丽丝环顾四周美丽的景色。

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" It's really nice here. And Morb knows the mibbit's magic would definitely work on the people of Pax."

"这里真的很不错。而且莫布知道米比特的魔法对派克斯人肯定有效。"

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" Or maybe he wants to take over World X," Zann said

"或者他想占领X世界，"赞恩说。

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" That could be why he's after my parents

"那可能就是他追捕我父母的原因。

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He wants them to lead him there!"

他想让他们带他去那里！"

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" That makes sense," Perda agreed

"说得通，"珀达赞同道。

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" If it's true that World X is some kind of gateway to all other worlds, controlling World X could give Morb incredible power."

"如果X世界真的是通往所有其他世界的某种门户，控制X世界就可能给莫布带来难以置信的力量。"

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" Oh dear," Vee said." I fear the powers of our sweet mibbit could help Morb take over any world."

"哦，天哪，"维说。"我怕我们那只可爱的米比特的力量，可能会帮助莫布占领任何世界。"

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" How did he capture it, if it's that powerful?" Darb asked

“如果它那么强大，他是怎么捉住它的？”达尔布问。

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Vee looked nervous." We don't know. It would take unimaginable power to immobilize a mibbit without panicking it."

维看起来紧张。“我们不知道。要稳住米比特又不惊动它，需要难以想象的力量。”

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" We really need to catch up to Wyssa now," Perda said

“我们现在真的需要追上维莎，”珀达说。

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" We have to warn her about this!"

“我们必须警告她这件事！”

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" You're right. I don't think she realizes just how much power Morb must have now," Zann said

“你说得对。我觉得她没有意识到莫布现在一定拥有多大的力量，”赞恩说。

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" Plus she doesn't know about the mibbit."

“而且她还不知道米比特的事。”

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" But how will we find Wyssa?" Gliss asked

“但我们怎么找到维莎呢？”格丽丝问。

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" We've lost our only way of tracking her."

“我们失去了追踪她的唯一方法。”

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Zann turned to Vee." Do you know of any magic that could help us track someone through the vortex?"

赞恩转向维。“你知道有什么魔法可以帮助我们通过虫洞追踪某人吗？”

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" I'm afraid not," Vee said." Paxian magic is quite different from that of many other worlds

“恐怕没有，”维说。“派克斯的魔法与许多其他世界大不相同。”

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It mostly involves feelings and communications, not physical abilities."

它主要涉及情感和沟通，而不是身体能力。”

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" Really? But you guys must be able to do the basic stuff, right?" Perda asked

“真的吗？但你们肯定能做基本的事情，对吧？”佩达问。

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" Like conjuring food, performing Blast spells, or building houses by magic?"

“比如变出食物，施展爆炸咒语，或者用魔法造房子？”

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" No, we can't do any of that." Vee sighed

“不，我们一样也做不到。”维叹了口气。

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" That's why Morb was able to overpower us so easily and steal the mibbit."

“所以莫布才能那么轻易地制服我们并偷走米比特。”

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" Wow." Zann glanced at the distant city on the hill, awed to think that it had been built entirely without magic

“哇。”赞恩瞥了一眼远处山丘上的城市，敬畏地想着它完全是不用魔法建造的。

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" That reminds me," Vee went on." I should let my people know what you've just told me about Morb

“这提醒了我，”维继续说，“我应该让我的人知道你们刚才告诉我的关于莫布的事。

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Pardon me while I send them a mind message."

请见谅，我给她们发个心灵讯息。”

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" A mind message?" Gliss echoed

“心灵讯息？”格丽丝重复道。

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" It's a kind of telepathy," Vee explained

“这是一种心灵感应，”维解释道。

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" We can all communicate within our minds anytime we wish."

“我们都能随时在意念中交流。”

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" Cool," Zann said." Too bad we can't do that!"

“酷，”赞恩说，“可惜我们不能那样做！”

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Perda smiled." Yeah. It would save a lot of time, not having to inscribe message moths."

佩达笑了。“是啊，不用刻写讯息蛾子，能省好多时间。”

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Vee closed her eyes." I'll just be a moment..."

维闭上眼睛。“就一会儿……”

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While Zann waited, he pulled out his message stone and stared at it helplessly

赞恩等待时，掏出自己的讯息石，无助地盯着它。

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How could he find his parents before Morb did?

他怎样才能比莫布先找到父母呢？

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" What's that?" Vee asked when she opened her eyes

“那是什么？”维睁开眼睛问道。

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Zann explained about message stones." This one holds a message from my parents," he finished

赞恩解释讯息石的事。“这颗存着我父母的一条留言。”他最后说。

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" Too bad it can't tell us where they are now."

“可惜它不能告诉我们他们现在在哪里。”

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Vee smiled." Perhaps I can help. All objects hold psychic traces of the people who last held them

维微笑了。“也许我能帮忙。所有物体都留有最后持有它的人的心灵痕迹。

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I might be able to read your stone — if you want me to."

我也许能解读你的石头——如果你想让我试的话。”

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" Really? That would be great!" Zann handed her the stone

“真的吗？那太棒了！”赞恩把石头递给她。

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Vee took it and closed her eyes

维接过石头，闭上眼睛。

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" The vision is faint, but I see two people: a man and a woman..." She quickly described them

“图像有些模糊，但我看到两个人：一个男人和一个女人……”她快速描述了他们。

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" That's them!" Zann cried." My parents! What else can you see?"

“是他们！”赞恩喊道，“我的父母！你还看到什么了？”

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" They're in a forest," Vee said." They're surrounded by tiny people — the people don't even come up to your parents' knees."

“他们在森林里，”维说，“被一群小人包围着——那些人还不到你父母的膝盖高。”

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Zann gasped." World X! I knew it — my parents must be in World X!"

赞恩倒抽一口气。“X世界！我就知道——我父母肯定在X世界！”