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Translation #37769

[...] “I have a proposal.” It leaned forward like my friend April does when she wants to tell a secret, even though none of her secrets are any good. Or even really secrets. “If you don’t tell anyone I am here, I can fix your eyes.”
“Get out of town!”
It blinked a couple of times. “That is what I am attempting to do.”
“What I mean is you can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Well, no one else has been able to fix my eyes, besides with glasses.”
“I have certain abilities. You will see, provided…”
“…I don’t tell anyone about you?”
“That is the heart of it, that is the nub.”
“How do I know you won’t blind me? You could be like one of those telemarketers making promises but totally lying.”
It started waxing on, waxing off again. “I would not do such a thing to a creature who has done me no harm.”
“Meaning if I harmed you, you could make me go blind?”
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.”
“And if you fix my eyes, and I don’t tell anyone about you, you’ll leave our fields?”
“That’s the heart of it!” [...]
[...] "Aku ada usul." Ia bersandar ke depan seperti kawanku, April, apabila dia mahu memberitahuku suatu rahsia, walaupun tiada satu pun rahsianya yang bagus. Atau bukan rahsia pun. "Jika kau tak beritahu sesiapa pun yang aku di sini, aku boleh pulihkan mata kau."
"Pergi baliklah!"
Matanya terkebil-kebil. "Itu yang sedang aku cuba buat."
"Maksudku, kau tak berupaya pulihkannya!"
"Kenapa?"
"Setakat ni, tiada sesiapa pun yang berupaya memulihkan mataku, melainkan dengan cermin mata."
"Aku mempunyai kebolehan tertentu. Kau akan lihat, dengan syarat..."
"...Aku tak beritahu sesiapa tentang kau?"
"Itulah semangatnya, itulah pokoknya."
"Bagaimana kutahu kau tak akan butakan mataku? Kau mungkin seperti salah seorang telepemasar yang berjanji tetapi sebenarnya berdusta."
Ia mula menggilap semula. "Aku tidak akan berbuat demikian terhadap makhluk yang tidak mencederakanku."
"Maksudnya, jika aku mencederakanmu, kau boleh membutakanku?"
"Maklumat itu secara perlu tahu."
"Dan jika kau pulihkan mataku, dan aku tak beritahu sesiapa pun tentang kau, kau akan tinggalkan ladang ini?"
"Itulah semangatnya!"[...]


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