在她附近，他意识到使他活着的身体机制。在他内部的机械，管道和阀门以及燃气压缩机和风扇带不得不弄清楚一项失败的任务，最终注定要失败。
(Near her he became aware of the physical mechanisms which kept him alive; within him machinery, pipes and valves and gas-compressors and fan belts had to chug away at a losing task, a labor ultimately doomed.)