It is as if they are the one and only person on Earth.

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But the servant who had been given only one talent hid the talent in the earth so as -- perfectly understandably ] - so as not to risk the only talent that he had been given.

但只得到一枚金币的仆人,把他的金币藏了起来--这可以理解,-为了不使这个他仅有的,金币丢了。

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I'm the only one around in the earth right now with Shelly Kagan's memories and desires.

我是世界上唯一一个具有Shelly，Kagan记忆和欲望的人。

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