ある長編のSF小説で、ひどい兄を持った弟がいた。幼い彼は何度も殺されかけた。のちに彼らは道を分かつが、時空を超えた長い長い物語の果て、意外な形で弟は兄を理解するに至る。それはただのサイドストーリーで見逃されがちながら、実は物語の中心的で壮大なテーマと暗に繋がっていたように思う。おかげでその物語は私にとって愛すべきものとなった。
世界は無駄で無意味そうなサイドストーリーで満ちている。しかしどんなにかけ離れていて無関係に見えるようなことでも、すべては意外な形で、静かに密かに繋がり合っているのだと思う。
In one long science fiction novel, a man had a horrible older brother. He was nearly killed by his brother several times in his childhood. They later went separate ways, but at the end of the long long story beyond time and space, he came to understand his brother in a surprising way. Although it is just another side story that tends to be missed, I suppose that in fact it was implicitly linked to a central and magnificent theme of the story. It became a lovable story for me owing to that.
The world is filled with side stories that seem to be useless and meaningless. However, even though they look so different and unrelated to each other, everything is quietly and secretly linked in a surprising way.