第7章 火山之眼
注：这是一本带有实验性的小说，灰常无聊。
点子商人。
小蝴蝶和沼泽村的那些猫头鹰商人不太一样，它没有货物，它卖的是非实体的点子。
这只蝴蝶失去了它的翅膀。
与此同时，它失去了记忆，忘掉了眼前的奇怪蓝色动物。
它看着蓝色的龙鸟，头顶两根触角伸得很长，利剑一般，几乎都能碰到龙鸟的头顶了。它把触角当成尺子来用，围着这只蓝色动物测量了一圈，灵光一现，好点子一个接一个出现。
蝴蝶：小蜥蜴，你想要什么样的点子？开心的点子，伤心的点子，我这里都有。
是蜥蜴还是鸟，龙鸟从未对此在意过，也不必在意。它在想的是，这里不是刚才的圣殿，也不是利特山谷。
龙鸟：我想要知道，这是哪里？
蝴蝶：〈希维〉。
see——wee——
有什么在空气中振动了一下，很微弱，就像一根丝线一样，又轻又细。
seaweed海藻
希维？
小熊就一直提到希维这个地方。龙鸟听小熊说，希维是一片很大很大的海，熊族在海上建造了船屋。
一片广阔而温柔的、被墨水覆盖的海域。白熊和棕熊生活在它们小巧温馨的船屋上，就在圣殿和港口的前面。
从圣殿里生成的熊不能离开圣殿，以保持它们的毛色，尽管这并非小熊所喜欢的传统。
这里没有船屋，没有大海。
到处都是柔软的泥土。
棕色的泥土，还有黑色的莲花四处盛开。
龙鸟把它的疑惑告诉蝴蝶，但蝴蝶挥了挥手，它没见过这个地方。
龙鸟挠了挠头，是什么让希维产生了这么大的变化呢？
蝴蝶对它用的是一种神秘的方式交流，它一动不动，没有肢体的动作，也没有发出声音，不是熊族的咆哮，也不是鸟的啼叫。
但是龙鸟可以知道小蝴蝶在说什么。
龙鸟不知道这是怎么做到的，它跟着大法师那么久，染上了一些猫头鹰的好奇心。
龙鸟：为什么我什么都没看到，什么都没听到，但能知道你在说什么呢？这种感觉就像是，我什么都知道，但又什么都不知道。
棕熊呆呆地看着龙鸟，对它的鸣叫没有反应，好像脑袋变成了真空一样一片空白。但蝴蝶只是拍打了两下翅膀，它想到了一个好点子。
蝴蝶：看不见，听不见，但知道我们在交流吗？我想到了一个点子。
龙鸟：什么点子？
蝴蝶：你其实能感知到光线的变化，但不是很明显，所以会看不见。
龙鸟：光线在改变？
蝴蝶：这是一种交流方式，通过改变自身亮度来交流。
龙鸟有点没听懂。
蝴蝶拍了拍翅膀，接着说：
蝴蝶：动物由光明和火焰汇聚在一起而形成，有些动物由火组成，有些则是光芒。所以动物之间可以散发热量或是光亮来交流。
蝴蝶：在这里，我和你都是光属性的动物，所以才能发光，也能明白光芒的意义。
龙鸟闭上眼，仔细地感知四周，虽然它没有感知到亮度的改变，但蝴蝶发出的光芒会自动翻译在它的脑海里。
蝴蝶的点子很好，它总是能想到很多好点子。但它可能想不到，自己和龙鸟之前见过面。。
龙鸟：好点子，好点子，你知道吗？我之前见过你，在一个圣殿里。
蝴蝶：真的吗？！是熊族的圣殿吗！
蝴蝶突然激动了起来。
龙鸟点了点头。
蝴蝶：我总是记性不好，去了那么多地方，一定有一个会记不住。等去的地方更多了，就能用丝线勾勒出自己的翅膀来了，就像美丽的拼贴画。虽然圣殿的结构很简单，但总觉得它的设计还有别的功能，这是我的直觉。
棕熊不知道该说些什么，它有些笨拙地用爪子挠了挠头，嘿嘿的笑了一下。
在棕熊宽厚的背上，几朵黑莲歪歪斜斜地摆放着。棕熊一个俯身这些花骨朵就滚落下来，它衔起黑莲，一个一个摆在木屋的门口。
在三只动物都没有注意到的，它们的头顶，正中心的位置塌陷下去，这一块的颜色越来越深，直到浓缩成一个黑点。黑暗像潮水一样快速地涌了上来，啃蚀着所有白色的部分，直到把所有光芒完全吞没。
一阵强烈的冲击四散开来，带有沉默与缄口不言的气息，试图去感受的话，这个意志，它想要去掐灭一盏灯。龙鸟心中有什么震颤了一下，当然，棕熊和蝴蝶也没好到哪里去，直接摔倒在了地上。
这应该是一种斥力，黑暗在排斥它们。
蝴蝶用六条腿支撑着站起身来。现在，棕熊，蝴蝶和龙鸟是仅有的发光源。
在黑暗的天空下，龙鸟看见了，蝴蝶身上的光芒，果然一闪一闪的。同时，龙鸟也知道蝴蝶在说什么。
蝴蝶：我还是第一次见到这么纯粹的夜空。
棕熊：等…等下，你们不害怕吗？
龙鸟：天空完全黑了。
它们一开始以为这只是暂时的，但缄默的意志一直盘旋在它们周围，龙鸟觉得自己身上的每一根羽毛都竖起来了。
棕熊里里外外检查着它的小木屋，一切物品都在，就是摆放在木屋门口的黑莲花束不见了，被黑暗的力量击飞到了远处。它咬下一些黑莲的细长的茎，把它们从泥土深处揪出来。
随后，棕熊的身形停顿下来，用鼻吻往四周探来探去。
棕熊：我…我看不见了？
是失明啊，失明不仅仅是看不见，各个感官都会变得模糊，哪怕对于再敏锐的动物来说也是一个灾难。
龙鸟自己也感觉视野的边缘开始暗淡了下去，但大体没什么影响。
蝴蝶也差不多。
按照蝴蝶旅居多年的经验，不论是光亮还是热量都能一定程度地驱散黑暗。它编织出一根丝线，上边附着微弱的亮光，这股微光看起来没有那么柔软，如同一段直线，带有一定的韧性。它围绕着棕熊旋转，看起来像是一把尺子一样，把棕熊的耳朵，四爪，还有毛茸茸的尾巴都测量了一遍。
光明就像是一把没有尽头的尺子，一把钥匙，把未解锁变成解锁的状态。龙鸟自己都不能量得这么精准，它的法术甚至还不能突破这里的黑暗。
但是棕熊依旧脸上写满了茫然，细线的光芒变得越来越微弱，最后完全消失不见。
棕熊趴在地上，它的身上有一些火光在摇曳。而在棕熊身后，它的小木屋也开始嘎吱嘎吱作响。
蝴蝶：它的真名就是这幢木屋呀，这片沙漠唯一的建筑，旱地之舟，〈旱舟〉。我刚来到希维的时候，这片荒漠还什么都没有，直到有一天，这头熊和这个屋子一起被生成出来。
龙鸟看了看蝴蝶头上的〈好点子〉几个字。
好点子，对应着非实体的千奇百怪的点子。
它再看了看蝴蝶的坐骑，那只巨型的蝴蝶，它头上没有符文。
蝴蝶：巨人之蝶是这样啦。那是巨人陨落之后，灵魂分成无数碎块，然后每一个碎块重新变成一只蝴蝶。不过巨人蝶天敌很多，如果运气很好，可以从很小一只变成木屋这么大。它们和其他虫族没有区别，除了没有自主意识和真名，毕竟它们都是碎片嘛。
龙鸟想到了沼泽镇和希维的白色蝴蝶，它们的体型是那么小，浑身雪白。
黑暗依然没有散去，无论是蝴蝶还是龙鸟都能看到一个红色的圆环，似乎在很远的地方，但这里的四只动物或多或少受到了一些黑暗的影响，这里的空间概念变得很渺小，它又看起来似乎近在眼前。
蝴蝶：你知道吗？我想到了一个好点子。那是一个古老的传说。这个传说，不管是光明的动物，还是火焰的动物，都知道。
龙鸟：什么传说？
蝴蝶：咳咳，其实是一系列的传说，更像一个美丽的故事。其中有一段就是，在最深邃的墨蓝之海中，隐藏着一个巨大的焰红圆环，是古老秘境的入口，里边有无数的秘密。几个世纪的动物去寻找它，都没能找到。
蝴蝶：传说里，当永夜来临之时，这个环形的火焰就成了一盏明灯，它的坐标熠熠生辉。但是它还不够亮，彻底点燃它，一个巨大的火球会升上天空，它会带来永恒的光明。
这就是失落之火的传说。龙鸟听很多动物说起过，内容基本差不多。不管这个火环有多少种叫法，它总是出现在传说里，躺在深深的海底。
蝴蝶：不过天上这个环，它应该就是〈火山之眼〉啦，不是传说里的火环。它就是我下一个旅居的目的地啦，在联盟最高的高地，诺伊，平时都没什么机会能看到它。
龙鸟：火山之眼？那是真正的眼睛吗？
蝴蝶：那是诺伊山顶的火山湖啦，在鸟瞰的视角下，呈现出独特的圆形轮廓。如果说山顶是一口大锅，那湖泊就在锅子里。不过这口锅有两层，在湖泊之外，边缘一圈是滚烫的岩浆，形成一个圆环的形状。它的光芒不是很亮，但天一黑下来，就变得很清晰了。
龙鸟不太理解，蝴蝶告诉它去看看就知道了，火山之眼真正的样子比这样的红环漂亮多了。
蝴蝶：虫族一生都在追逐着光明和火焰，把所见之景镌刻在翅膀上，再把翅膀上美丽的画卷献给火山之眼，从而获得回馈的力量。我呀，抛弃了一些传统的东西，到一个地方就去歇息几天。虽说旅居给我带来了好点子，但一时半会还做不到那样的壮举。
龙鸟看着小蝴蝶身边那只有着宽大双翼的巨型蝴蝶，它白色的双翼上布满了黑色的抽象线条，它又会去过哪些地方呢？
蝴蝶向龙鸟和棕熊发出了邀请，和它一起前往诺伊，它需要有足够高的热量才能飞过去。按照它的经验而谈，热的东西会更容易向冷的东西传递，更高的热量更容易流动。
龙鸟还不太想去那么远的地方，它只想找到可以离开这个秘境的方法。还是回到利特谷比较重要，毕竟这里只是个秘境。它看着被棕熊翻出来的黑莲，原地留下了一个个小土坑，它看着其中一个颜色最深的陷入沉思。那个坑里有一些积水，边缘映出天上的红环，或许这就是蝴蝶所说的火山之眼的微缩模型。
龙鸟把脑袋探了进去，它并没有落入水中，而是相反，水面薄得几乎没有厚度，它的头从另一侧的水面露出来，眼前所见的是大片的莲花。
它看到了一片圣洁的莲花池，光芒之中带有香料的气息。数百朵莲花在宽阔的池塘中睡觉，一圈又一圈的光芒涟漪从湖面洒向墙壁，每有一圈涟漪与嵌在墙壁上的火把共鸣，光亮与热量碰撞，火苗就会跳动一下。
龙鸟看着火焰一圈一圈跳动，它的内心深处有什么跟着一起在跳动，每呼吸一次，它脚爪之下的泥土就会长出一些黑色的草，组成一个圆形的草丛。每根草的尖尖都有一个光芒凝聚成的白色的光环。
草丛随着涟漪，随着火光而涨落。
这座圣殿的壁画上也记载着熊族的符文，那段荒漠与黑莲，冰封世纪的历史，还有戴高帽的大宗师，最后有一块完全被涂成墨黑，但上边用一些发光的涂料勾勒出船屋和熊的剪影，就像是把这块墨黑的部分当成了海。
龙鸟用前爪抓住莲花坚韧的茎，扇开尾羽保持平衡，跃出水面来到圣殿内。离开了黑暗，它的感官重新恢复，有着说不出的舒适。
这座圣殿就是它以前来过的地方，坎特的森林圣殿，和蝴蝶在这里待了好久，直到蝴蝶填补完它的翅膀。
龙鸟走出圣殿，门口不知什么时候长出了一圈荆棘，这对于熊来说或许需要一点时间来解决，但龙鸟拍了拍翅膀就飞过去了。
坎特，金色的森林里到处弥漫着雾气。刚走出圣殿，看到一头大狼站在森林的岔口，它的脖颈上挂着一块石头，用藤条紧紧地捆着。黄金的光芒从它黑色皮毛上反射出来，仿佛和森林浑然一体。
龙鸟能感受到大狼身上的光明力量，它也是守护兽。
龙鸟：你是坎特的守护兽？
大狼：猜对了。我既是〈森林之心〉，也是〈灯笼圣〉。其实我两个灵魂融为一体。
大狼：又见面了，小守护兽。
龙鸟：我可不是守护兽，而且我没有要守护的地方。
大狼有些意味深长地看着眼前的蓝色小动物。
大狼：总有一天，你会找到你的归处。
龙鸟想回到利特谷，可是这里到处都是雾，认不清路，它飞了一会儿，在金色的树枝上歇息一会。不久后，它看到一个陡崖，完全垂直的陡崖。
〈无意义的双语阅读，与前后文无关〉
This butterfly lost its wings.Obviously，it also lost its momery.It forgot this odd blue saurbird.Sage have never had good views，and it needn't them.What's more，the hrebs are restored into the Realtail Vallry that it couldn't carry.
The bear and the butterfly were both too warm，too warm...Are they converting with fire?But Sage was so weak that it couldn't distinguish the vary of heat in the air.
Fortunately，it's not a cold-blooded animal.This kind of animal can't feel the temperature.
-Where is ...?
Sage didn't understand the meaning of fire and light.What it learnt from that old white bear was another ancient language---come from the tribe of bears.Besides，it can only crowed.
-Seaweed.
The brown bear replied，without any hesitation.Sage was reminiscent of what Clearlotus said to it.
-Seaweed? In my opinion，it is a wide，meek waters covered with ink.White and brown bears live on their small，cozy boat，in front of their houseboat and port. The temple bears are allowed to incorporate into orthobox teaching to keep their renown，in spite of the disliked tradition.
-But this is a poor land，right?
The brown bear's speech speed was so fast.It meant that it had a sensitive reaction.But Sage don't know how it could make it.It only found a little fearful.Whether didn't it roar for a long time?
The dark sky swallowed the last light.
-Oh，night is coming.
-How can we find the light in the night?Where is it?
-About this hypothesis，every animal has different belief.Staunch on earth，someone may think that a huge scarlet ring hidden under the deepest ink sea.Many expedition full of animals had touched the edge of the ancient sea，but they finally failed.
That blue bird still wanted to see that weird circle which ails it so much.It sailed on the sea，but Sage had never seen the real Seaweed.Is this fire ring the adverse circumstances of the timeless dark?Perhaps it was allured by the myth about the lost fire.It should and must breached the flying skill to have a expedition undersea，using its talon as powerful oar，although it might stumble for a long adventure.
Night had the willl to repel all the light，except the butterfly and the brown bear.They evacuated the surroundings when adrkness approached that area.Sage couldn't dismantle the meaning of their fire and light，so it beg them to know how to propagate the animal's superior belief.
-Is there some crude barrcks in your body to product fire or light?You seems to use it like a very normal sensation.They come quickly then disappeared without any clear debris.
-Not at all .The power is appraised from nature.Did you heared the story of Goodview?It dedicated itself to chasing these two elements.Giant butterflies have the submerged soul of the remote giant.They can conserve what they see on their wings and dedicate this beautiful painting into the eyes of fire to get the reciprocal power.But I can't achieve that behaviour and only testimony the eyes for a second.
Nothing is downgraded to others.When Sage used the tweet from the sky kingdom，it felt its wings were incorporated with wind.After talking with the Watcher with old bear braying，the spray of ink elicit much of a response.These different but noteworthy thoughts never boycott other feathers，furs and scales.
And...
-What is the eyes of fire?Are they real eyes?
-Perhaps.
That butterfly carried a bouquet of black lotus on the poor land and affixed it on the cabin.
-It is a metaphor of the volcano top.Obvious，that eye-shape on the birdview of it is the reason why animals vest it the name of eye.In the new alliance，Norest has plenty of volcanos，as many as the maneuver of their lizard spirit.Aw，what make me interested is，why do you think of the stereotype of Seaweed is crisp and has tracts covered with ink?You are likely tugged to another world，a world which doesn't have blue lizard birds.
-Hopefully I come to a secretland.
They travelled across the wide desert at Seaweed，though that little bird didn't know the way to leave here.
Goodview emphasized that it liked the desert.It appeared in a hive and it couldn't bear that small area at all.It always was considered as an ultra because of its unprecedented step of travelling and the boycott of collective symposiums came from all corners of the hive，even not blowing its own trumpet as a insubordinate.Without augmenting its power of fire and light，it could't have so many patterns on its wings.
The hive collective would never accept the discord，and the butterly recured it again and again.It wandered among different lands，until one day it met a very giant flying insect who looked like a rock.
After Goodview's story，a large，black jungle appeared.It seemed to recur from the underground space of Seaweed's desert.The brown bear found the discreet jungle when it was a black line lying on the horison.
-I never spread gossip.The forest is indeed living on the desert.How weird it is.
Droughtboat committed.To confirm its opinion，they compressed their time for running and flying into one minute.
It was not common to see long river flowing upon the sands，but the three cubs had their own answers.As they felt weary，they lived in a cave which covered with obscure contracts beside the river.Sage meant here was the premise of river but denied by two others.
Without any hurdle，they reached that black forest.
-Look!Is that a temple?
The brown bear shouted. Sage suspected it was not a real bear due to its superior sight.In this dark place， the bear's light is the brightest among them.It took a long time for the poor bird to find that golden temple.
-Is there any bishop in it?I can't wait to look for it.As we all know， to subscribe gospel written by a great bishop is one of the pleasent things over the land.They always wrote it on lotus.Great hishop is absolutely the represent of wise，like the owl wizards.
Sage sniffed the smell of spice made from lotus from the temple.Before they opened the door to emit the light from the fane，the jungle streched before them like an endless void.Plants had quite sharp thorns，and three cubs had to avoid those useful weapons.A shaft of light emitted behind the gate to recall them some memories.In ancient Kant，many years ago，a great bishop suisided.Its spirit flew into that golden fane and incorporated into light，though it could create light itself.Another idea was that animal's spirit would still changeless and they would found themselves in a cave of a secret wonderland.Who knew who had known?
Even everywhere was filled with darkness，the momentum of chasing the brightness caught every animal's spirit.If they looked those thorns improved by the endless night as inevitable hurdles，there was not real barriers here.
The brown bear opened the gate in a hurry.Heavy light entered into their eyes----
Lotus. Just lotus.Hundreds of lotus flower stretched and swayed in a wide pool covered the floor.
What could it mean?Why the bears needed so many flowers?
-Here is an annotated bibliography.It introduced a facet of the constitution of light.The bears lived on the widest land absorbed the most volume of brightness and attained the strongest power from it.Here is...they used brilliance to measure the level of their energy.The wiser animal they were，the more powerful they performed.
They read the messages on the ripple of such a lumas pool.
-Brilliance is a standard to decide the length how much you can see the future.The ray launched from your eyes will escape from our space to another space，so you will get the weary capacity of foreseeing.
-So what is fire?
-Umm，I think...Is it bravey?Animals need their own almighty wisedom and courage to survive.Then the next...a black lotus?
Droughtboat moved the lotus near it with the paws.It could't hold its astonishing.It stared at this strange flower without to find the next page of introduction.It may the entrance it came in.
That butterfly remembered the landscape here quickly and formed a clear map on its wings，in spite of little space contracted with the whole size.It reminded the blue lizard bird too.
-Now you can return your home.I'll miss you.
Sage shaked its head.
-I still want to live here.
Tonight，the light stored in this fane didn't be launched.Sage chatted with its two new friends with its wandering journeys，but quickly it found something strange.The two animal's replies became more and more repeated.This made Sage concerned.It had to leave.They were in a strange circle.