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His right pant leg was rolled up to the knee, and on the end of his big toe was a plastic weight from his dad's weightlifting set. Every second or so, Hayden flexed his toe up, then down.

海登的右腿上，裤子被卷到膝盖，一块从他爸爸的举重器材上取下来的塑料板，正套在他那超级大拇趾的底端，每隔大约一秒钟的时间，他便上下伸展或弯曲一下他的大拇趾。

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It flexed, and revealed a tantalizing glimpse of normal daylight beyond, and then shifted back to glare and distortion.

它扭曲着，偶尔在深处显现正常日光的一闪，然后就变换成闪光和失真。

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"He is the boss here, " he grinned, then flexed his arms as though to make the muscles stand out and looked at the man with the carbine in a half-mocking admiration.

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