But one day, raising up his head and glancing at the sky above the lake, in the empty darkness Kandata saw a silver spider's thread being lowered from the ceiling so far, far away.

偶然间，犍陀多无心一抬头，向血池上空望去，在阒然无声的黑暗中，但见一缕银色的蛛丝，正从天而降。

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But, in later years, he had developed a potent fear of darkness in an empty house.

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So, in the darkness of an empty office building, Jason--whose idea of danger is "going to bed without brushing my teeth"--ends up going one-on-one against a trained killer.

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