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“有人想让我讲讲《摘苹果》，那我就再讲一次，以后不再说了。摘苹果是句黑话，意思是半人马和人你情我愿的去接受生吞。因为说吃人太难听了，同时我们也不鼓励这种行为。”
那么这句黑话是从何而来呢？我恐怕还真知道。是结合几年前我在一场慈善拍卖晚宴的经历后自己想明白的。
对艺术有了解的观众应该都知道有一幅叫做《摘苹果的女人们》的画，就是中央博物馆那幅嘛。一个女人骑着半人马，采摘树上的苹果，我自己有也去参观。但那晚在拍卖宴会上，我见到了另一幅画，它叫做《10.22.1681》。
准确的说那幅画没有名字，《10.22.1681》只是它的成画时间，它只是为了雇主请画家记录那一刻的场景。这画面是这样的：与《摘苹果的女人们》中的半人马穿着和外观完全一样的女士高举着一袋被灌满的动物肠子制成的古代保险套，脸上是胜利的喜悦。拍卖介绍说她“赢得了一场游戏的胜利”这张画作的最后去向我不便透露。但仅是这样我当初也并没有将两幅画作联系到一起。
几个月前，因为工作需要我去了一家企业参观，参观时我正在挤出时间吃我的午餐，一个苹果，然后我听到了一名离我很近的主管要求一大批员工去把苹果处理掉。我以为那是在针对我，我赶忙将苹果收了起来，并向她们道歉。倒霉的是慌乱之中苹果掉到了地上发出了“咚”的一声闷响。奇怪的是她们先是很困惑的样子，而后赶忙向我解释并不是在说我的那颗苹果，同时非常礼貌地希望能赔偿我的损失。
我当然不在意区区一颗苹果，只是据我所知这是一家服务半人马的牧场，而他们的第一批新鲜苹果供货将由我代表公司谈成。那么她们说的苹果到底是什么以至于需要一个班的员工处理？
不知为何我脑子里突然闪过一个画面“《摘苹果的女人们》”和《10.22.1681》。直到此时我才发觉，这两幅画是在记录同一天的同一件事：画家先记录下了女仆人的最后时光，随后记录下了半人马雇主的战果。
吞食前的摄影留念，恐怕自那时起就在流行了。
而摘苹果，以下是我的推测。半人马主人驮人类仆人采摘果树上的苹果。直到仆人失手将其中一颗苹果落在地上，发出“咚”的一声，仆人赶忙从主人身上下来去捡起时，半人马会将其吞掉。古代半人马的消化功能不如现代，头骨这种大型骨头完全无法消化，只能被整个排出，当头骨落地时同样会发出“咚”的一声，就像苹果落地。
“捡肥皂”同样是一句来自人类群体的黑话，恐怕“摘苹果”就是跨越了两个种族的“捡肥皂”吧。
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以下为补充：
·摘苹果游戏的发明者是《摘苹果的女人们》中的贵族半人马女士，她为这个游戏起的名字并不是摘苹果，而是“施肥”。游戏结束时精液和骨直接浇灌果树。这些果树的果实都非常鲜甜。
·《摘苹果的女人们》是捐赠时的署名，它的原名是《10.（ ）.1681》。因为不确定那一天的游戏是否会维持到第二天所以仅标注年和月。
·这样的画作组合，在她们家族中有成千上万幅。这两幅的做成时间比较早。
Comments (8)
想看全过程，太色了
恢复更新了，好耶!
这袋子里装的该不会是上个图里的少女吧。。。或者说卵袋里的才是？色哦
No need to apologize, modern translators make it still readable. I loved the additional lore, puting digested victims to use is my favorite, it makes the act of eating more meaningfull. I actually am working on a world setting of my own where food is scarce, and the only source of nutrition is from succubi who digest the souls of victims to produce milk, I cant draw sadly so I mainly write :<
The lore additions in this follow up were incredible, lovely to read through. I really like the historical lens applied to the narrator visiting resulting in him having to draw his own abstract conclusions that weren't fully accurate but instead exclusive to what he could parse from his encounter. Genuinely love your writing on your world and very very much enjoyed this follow up. The distinguishing of the digestive systems between the historical centuars to modern day also was a perfect touch that helps enrich all your prior pieces covering this companies activities. Then the actual piece you did is beautiful, the triumphant look on that incredibly pretty centaur, the skull dropped with the spilled apples, the ladden full "condom" of that once heavy titted servant, and those balls fat and swollen still working to get rid of those bones left behind. Just absolutely wonderful as always ❤️
Another amazng piece as always, great to see more from you.
很抱歉写了这么多，向非中文区的朋友道歉！！🥺
And don't be sorry, it was a lovely read, deeply enjoyed it. Using a translator for it isn't too bad, still very clear to read for me at least :>