老人说：“无论您走到哪里，您都需要做错事。这是生活的基本条件，要违反自己的身份。在某个时候，每个生命的生物都必须这样做。这是最终的阴影，击败了创造。这是起作用的诅咒，是所有生命的诅咒。宇宙中的任何地方。
(The old man said, 'You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life. Everywhere in the universe.)