马布尔山附身科病房
Marble Hill Possession Ward
马布尔山附身科病房是纽约一处专门收治被附身者的病房。被异物侵入心神的人被送到这里,由医护照料。
病房里有一位恪尽职守的护士,亥芮护士。巡房是她的本分,她把这份本分看得比任何召唤都重。有人邀她撇下病人,去跟一群不良分子在市中心瞎转,她毫不客气地回绝。
“是啊,我该无视照料那些被附身病人的职责,跑去跟一群不良分子在市中心瞎转。这提议可真诱人,别烦我了。”译
“Yes, ignore my duties tending to possessed patients, so I could run around Midtown with a bunch of miscreants. What a compelling offer, leave me alone.”
即便异度涡旋席卷全城,她也不肯破例。在她看来,此时离开岗位几乎等同于渎职。
“在异度涡旋期间擅离病房,几乎等于渎职。”译
“It would be borderline malfeasance for me to leave the ward during the Maelstrom.”
就连被迫外出,她也惦记着病房,只想速战速决,早点回去。
“速战速决吧,我得尽快回病房。”译
“Can we make this quick, I need to return to the ward as soon as possible?”
病房的日常并不总有好结局。有的病人挺过了治疗,也有人被彻底吞没,再无挽回的余地。遇到这种不幸,亥芮护士不自作主张,只把自己的发现呈报给病房、家属和当局,余下的交由他们决定。
“一个也没有。若不幸遇上病人被彻底吞没、再无挽回余地,我会把我的发现呈报给病房、家属和当局,由他们决定接下来怎么办。”译
“None. In the regrettable case a patient is fully subsumed with no chance for restoration, I present my findings to the ward, the family and the authorities. They decide what happens next.”
阿紫向亥芮护士搭话,说自己有位朋友年幼时曾是她的病人。亥芮起初说不记得见过她,追问朋友的名字,听到尼克·蔡之后,才想起这个男孩。
“你在附身病房工作,对吧?”译
“You work in the Possession Ward, right?”
岚梦则问她是否喜欢在附身科工作。
“你喜欢在附身病房工作吗?”译
“You like working in the possession ward?”




