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聊天淡本，标配5男1女，低配男女人数不限

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1 John：（John Oldman） 历史教授，在工作十年后突然宣布辞职，他的好友包括几位历史学家、宗教学家、生物学家、心理学家等到他家为他送行，但他却突然提 出自己是一位活了14000年的穴居人，一群人因而展开论战

2 Dan：人类学家，博闻强识，沉醉于John讲的故事

3 Harry：生物学家，诙谐幽默，虽不怎么相信但很热衷地讨论John的故事

4 Art：考古学家，自信风流，他完全不愿意相信John的故事，认为他发疯了

5 Will：心理学家，Art怀疑John的精神出了问题，于是叫来他帮忙解决。妻子昨晚刚去世，所以对John讲的长生故事愤而离席，冷静下后折返

1 Edith：也是一位教授，艺术造诣高，同时还是一名虔诚的基督徒

   Sandy：和John相恋的历史学家，她从始至终都相信John的故事

   Linda：Art的学生和恋人，天真好学，深信John的故事

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Dan：Well, uh, call me underdeveloped,but I'd like to hear more.

Harry：Me too.

Linda：More.

Harry：You double-damn swear this isn't some cockamamie science fiction story or...you're pulling on us?

John：Next question.

Art：You-You-You realize this is an invitation to men in white suits with happy pills.

Dan：Think about it.A mechanism allowing survival for thousands of years?

Art：Run out of room even faster.

Dan：Then we'd have to go to Mars as a colony as we expanded, as we'd have to.

John：I'd like that.On a planet of another star.

Dan：I envy you.

Linda：Did you have a pet dinosaur?

John：They were a little bit before my time.

Dan：At least something is.

Art：No doubt you could give us a thousand details, John,corroborating your story,from the Magdalene to the Buddha to now.

John：Ten thousand,and you could stay out of the books.

Edith：Oh, it's getting chilly.

Dan：That, uh, raises an interesting question, John.Could there be others like you who escaped the aging process as you have?

Harry：Representing something terrific we don't even know about in biology.

Dan：We're learning all the time.

Harry：Yeah, but how would he know?He doesn't wear an I.D. badge saying "yabba dabba doo."

John：There was a man in the 1600s.A man-

Edith：（打断）Where were you in 1292 A. D?

John：Where were you a year ago on this date?

Edith：...

John：Anyway, it was the 1600s, and I met a man,and I had a hunch that he was...like me, so I told him.

Art：Ah. See, you said this was a first.

John：I forgot.

Dan：A crack in your story, John?

John：A touch of senility.Anyway, he said yes,but from another time, another place.We talked for two days.It was all pretty convincing,But we couldn't be sure.We each confirmed what the other said,but how do we know if the confirmation was genuine or an echo?I knew I was kosher,but I thought, "maybe he's playing a game on me."You know, a scholar of all we spoke about.He said he was inclined with the same reservation.

Dan：Now, that's interesting.Just as we can never be sure,even if we wanted to.I mean, if we were sure,you couldn't be sure of that.

John：We parted, agreeing to keep in touch- of course, we didn't -and 200 years later I thought I saw him in a train station in Brussels.Lost him in the crowd.

Edith：Oh, what a shame.l- I mean, if it were true.

Harry：Okay, here's one for you.What do you do in your spare time?

John：Every 50 years or so,when I wanna get away from the rush,I go down to a primitive tribe in New Guinea where I'm worshipped as an immortal god,and they have a huge statue of me.It's a big party.Yeah, I've got a lot of pictures of it,but I've already packed them up. I'm sorry.

Edith：I won't make the obvious nasty crack about more unwashed cavemen.

John：Actually, bathing was the style until the middle ages when the church told us it was sinful to wash away God's dirt, so people were sewn into their underwear in October and they popped out in April.

Edith：You said you just happened.I don't believe that.If your story's true,why did God allow you to happen?

Dan：That makes an interesting point.Are you religious, John?

John：I don't follow a known religion. No.

Dan：Ever.

John：Long time ago I did,like most people.Some just never get over it.

Dan：Do you believe in God?

John：As Laplace said,"I have no need of that hypothesis."He may be around, though.

Edith：He's everywhere. We just can't see him.

Harry：Pfft. If this was the best I could do,I'd be hiding, too.

Dan：And creation...

John：It's here.- I'm not so sure it was created.

Edith：What then?

John：Maybe it's just accumulated,fields affecting fields.

Art：What about the source of the field energies?Wouldn't that imply a prime mover?

John：I'd wonder about the source of the prime mover,infinite regress, but that doesn't imply anything to me.Back to the mystery.

Edith：It's a very old question,But there's no answer except in religious terms.If you have faith, it's answered.

Dan：Did you ever meet any person from our religious history?A biblical figure?

John：In a way.

Edith：Who?