經典科幻文學:《生命 宇宙及一切》第31章6

The Elder made a small motion. The robot halted. Trillian suddenly seemed very doubtful of her own judgment.
How do you know all this? said Zaphod to Marvin at this point.
Computer records, said Marvin. I have access.
You’re very different, aren’t you, said Trillian to the Elder Masters, from your fellow worldlings down on the ground. You’ve spent all your lives up here, unprotected by the atmosphere. You’ve been very vulnerable. The rest of your race is very frightened, you know, they don’t want you to do this. You’re out of touch, why don’t you check up?
The Krikkit Elder grew impatient. He made a gesture to the robot which was precisely the opposite of the gesture he had last made to it. The robot swung its battleclub. It hit the small white globe.
The small white globe was the supernova bomb.
It was a very, very small bomb which was designed to bring the entire Universe to an end.
The supernova bomb flew through the air. It hit the back wall of the council chamber and dented it very badly.
So how does she know all this? said Zaphod.
Marvin kept a sullen silence.
Probably just bluffing, said Zaphod. Poor kid, I should never have left her alone.

長老做了個小手勢，機器人停住了。崔莉安突然對她自己的判斷產生了懷疑。
“你怎麼知道這些的？”贊福德問馬文。
“是電腦裏的數據。我有權查看。”
“你們不一樣，對嗎？”崔莉安對長老們說，“跟地面上的人們不一樣。你們一生都住在這兒，沒有大氣的保護，你們很脆弱。你們的族人在擔心，你們知道嗎？他們不希望這樣。你們什麼都不知道，難道就不想調查一下嗎？”
版求長老不耐煩了。他做了一個顯然跟剛纔相反的手勢。機器人便舉起戰棒，朝小白球揮去。
小白球就是超新星炸彈。
它很小很小。但卻是用來毀滅整個宇宙的。
超新星炸彈飛了出去，擊中了大廳的牆壁，牆壁上一小塊地方深深地凹下去了。
“她又怎麼知道這些的？”贊福德問。
馬文鬱悶地沉默着。
“也許只是在吹牛。”贊福德說，“可憐的孩子。我不該留她一個人在那兒的。”