宝拉算得上是衣锦还乡了。她的制服上缀着闪闪发亮的奖章,她的背挺得笔直,好像背脊里植入了钻石纤维。我坐在门廊的最低一级台阶上,膝上还放着一个孩子,听到她的鞋跟在人行道上发出的响亮的声响,我抬头望去。宝拉的脸经过基因重组,瑕疵都不见了。现在的她皮肤光洁,一双碧眼下的颧骨也弧度 Paula counted as homecoming. Her uniform was glittered with shiny medals, her back straight, as if embedded in the back of the diamond fiber. I sat on the lowest step of the porch, with a child on my lap, and heard the loud sound of her heels on the sidewalk, and I looked up. Paula’s face after genetic recombination, blemishes disappeared. Her skin is now smooth, a pair of blue cheekbones also arc