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Translation by Hasrina Munajat (#37786) — Winner

[...] “I have a proposal.” It leaned forward like my friend April does when she wants to tell a secret, even though none of her secrets are any good. Or even really secrets. “If you don’t tell anyone I am here, I can fix your eyes.”
“Get out of town!”
It blinked a couple of times. “That is what I am attempting to do.”
“What I mean is you can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Well, no one else has been able to fix my eyes, besides with glasses.”
“I have certain abilities. You will see, provided…”
“…I don’t tell anyone about you?”
“That is the heart of it, that is the nub.”
“How do I know you won’t blind me? You could be like one of those telemarketers making promises but totally lying.”
It started waxing on, waxing off again. “I would not do such a thing to a creature who has done me no harm.”
“Meaning if I harmed you, you could make me go blind?”
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.”
“And if you fix my eyes, and I don’t tell anyone about you, you’ll leave our fields?”
“That’s the heart of it!” [...]
[...] "Aku ada satu cadangan." Makhluk itu membongkok ke arahku, tak ubah seperti kawanku April setiap kali dia ingin memberitahu rahsianya, walaupun tiada satupun rahsianya yang berguna atau benar-benar rahsia. "Kalau kau tak beritahu sesiapa yang aku berada di sini, aku akan pulihkan mata kau."
"Keluar dari bandar ni!"
Matanya berkelip beberapa kali. "Itulah yang aku cuba lakukan sebenarnya."
"Maksud aku, kau tak boleh!"
"Kenapa pulak tak boleh?"
"Begini...orang lain tak mampu untuk pulihkan mataku. Kacamata sahaja pilihanku".
"Aku ada beberapa kebolehan. Kau akan nampak nanti, dengan syarat..."
"...Aku tak bagitau sesiapa pasal kau?"
"Ye... itulah yang terpaling penting."
"Macamana aku nak pastikan yang kau takkan buat aku buta? Entah-entah kau sama sahaja dengan 'telemarketer' tu, pandai buat janji palsu sahaja."
Dia pun mula membebel panjang macam sebelum-sebelum ini.
"Aku takkan apa-apakan makhluk yang tak pernah membahayakan aku."
"Maksudnya kalau aku ni membahayakan kau, kau akan butakan mata aku?"
"Itu kau akan tahu nanti."
"Dan kalau kau boleh pulihkan mata aku, dan aku tak bagitau sesiapa pasal kau, kau akan tinggalkan tempat kami?"
"Itulah yang terpalng penting!"


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