The Host Stephenie Meyer（主机斯蒂芬妮·梅尔）.pdf

The Host a novel by Stephenie Meyer © 2008 Stephenie Meyer Prologue – Inserted The Healer’s name was Fords Deep Waters. Because he was a soul, by nature he was all things good: compassionate, patient, honest, virtuous, and full of love. Anxiety was an unusual emotion for Fords Deep Waters. Irritation was even rarer. However, because Fords Deep Waters lived inside a human body, irritation was sometimes inescapable. As the whispers of the Healing students buzzed in the far corner of the operating room, his lips pressed together into a tight line. The expression felt out of place on a mouth more often given to smiling. Darren, his regular assistant, saw the grimace and patted his shoulder. “They’re just curious, Fords,” he said quietly. “An insertion is hardly an interesting or challenging procedure. Any soul on the street could perform it in an emergency. There’s nothing for them to learn by observing today.” Fords was surprised to hear the sharp edge marring his normally soothing voice. “They’ve never seen a grown human before,” Darren said. Fords raised one eyebrow. “Are they blind to each other’s faces? Do they not have mirrors?” “You know what I mean—a wild human. Still soulless. One of the insurgents.” Fords looked at the girl’s unconscious body, laid out facedown on the operating table. Pity swelled in his heart as he remembered the condition her poor, broken body © 2008 Stephenie Meyer had been in when the Seekers had brought her to the Healing facility. Such pain she’d endured… Of course she was perfect now—completely healed. Fords had seen to that. “She looks the same as any of us,” Fords murmured to Darren. “We all have human faces. And when she wakes