Daylight in the alleys. Lane keeps his head down, only to be yanked into the shadows — it's Iris. In the back room of her shop, the sword on the table begins to speak to him.
街巷白日。雷恩缩着肩膀混在人群里，又被一只手拽进阴影——是艾莉丝。药铺后堂，那把剑一放到桌上，就开始对他说话。
Daylight, the alleys. Lane hunches through the crowd; a hand reaches from a side street and grips his arm. "—I ain't got no coin!" "It's me." Iris pulls him into the shadows. "Whole camp got wiped out last night. You—" She stops. She has seen his eyes — the daze of something shaken loose at the roots. "With me. Now."
街巷，日。雷恩缩着肩膀混在人群里，一只手从巷子里伸出来攥住他胳膊。「——我没钱！」「是我。」艾莉丝把他拽进巷子阴影里，压低声音：「昨晚郊外营地整营的人都死了。你——」她顿住了。她看到了他的眼睛——那种被什么东西从根上撼动过的恍惚。「跟我来。」
The back room of the apothecary. Iris sets a bowl of medicine before him: "Drink. Settles your nerves." Lane sips and winces: "What is this swill? Tastes like you steeped it in leftover herb scraps." "It is. Nothing goes to waste in my shop."
药铺后堂。艾莉丝倒了一碗药汤推到他面前：「喝了。安神的。」雷恩喝了一口，苦得龇牙：「这什么东西？喝起来像你拿药渣子泡的水。」「本来就是。我药房不浪费东西。」
Lane sets the sword on the table: "Every last one of 'em dead. Only I made it. 'Cause of this sword." Iris cannot take her eyes off it: "Let me see that sword." He hesitates, then slides it toward her. The instant her fingertips near the hilt — the blade convulses with a low hum. Lane's right hand shoots out on its own, gripping the hilt hard. His pupils shrink to pins; faint blue veins creep across the whites. He rises to his feet.
雷恩掏出剑搁在桌上：「他们全死了。就我一个活着。因为这把剑。」艾莉丝的目光一落在剑上就挪不开了：「我需要看看那把剑。」他犹豫了一瞬，把剑推过去。她的指尖即将触到剑柄的刹那——剑身猛地一震，一声低沉的嗡鸣。雷恩的右手不受控制地伸出去，死死攥住剑柄。瞳孔缩成针尖，眼白里爬上一层淡蓝色纹路。他站起来了。
Iris steps back, hand on her scalpel: "Lane?" He doesn't answer. He turns toward the door: "The forest... it's calling. It wants me in the forest." He throws the door open — beyond, in the dusk, a blood-red moon is rising.
艾莉丝倒退一步，手摸上解剖刀：「雷恩？」雷恩没回答。他转身朝门口走去：「森林……它在叫我去森林……」他一把拉开门——外面暮色里，血红月亮正在升起。
This is a serialized retelling of the fictional drama "Serpent's Scar" — the origin story of the Mirror-Moon Long Song game. Cultural & self-reflection reference only, not prediction or professional advice.本页为虚构文学创作《蛇之痕》的分集叙事，剧情为《镜月长歌》游戏的世界观前传；内容仅作传统文化与自我认知参考，不构成预测或专业建议。