At present, he was wracked by anxiety, to the point of losing his appetite, over the notion that the heavens would fall and the earth would collapse.

如今的他，每日都担心着天空的崩塌和大地的坍圮，乃至茶饭不思，惶惶不可终日。

How do people see IT workers? Like generally, universally speaking? Close your eyes and imagine a developer in their thirties grappling with a program. Let’s call them A. First, try picturing A’s physique. Gangly limbs with no muscles to speak of, hunched back, text neck.

 사람들에게 IT 계열 종사자의 이미지란 어떤 걸까. 보편적이며 총체적인 인상 말이다. 눈을 감고 프로그램과 씨름 중인 삼십대 개발자의 모습을 한번 떠올려보자. 그를 그저 A라 불러도 무방하겠다. 우선 A의 골격을 그려보자. 근육이라고는 없는 팔다리, 굽은 등, 거북목.

“Debajo de algo siempre hay otro debajo,” decía una voz. “La piel es un órgano elástico,” decía otra, “los sueños son las pieles de la mente, aquello que cubre las vísceras de su inconsciente”. 

“Beneath everything there always lies another beneath,” said a voice. “Skin is an elastic organ,” said another: “dreams are the skin of the mind, covering the innards of its unconscious.”

Álmomban Mama távoli, hörgésbe fulladó jajveszékelését hallom, és ez az ébredés felé lök.

In my dreams I can hear Grandmother’s distant screams drowning into groans, and this pushes me towards waking.

Siddhartha said softly, ‘What’s done is done. Why can’t you take the matter simply as an accident? Look, the three of us were intoxicated at that time. That’s why I am asking you to think of the entire incident as a mild error. And what do you fear so much? We should go there at the very least to get over this fear.’

সিদ্ধার্থ ধীরে ধীরে বলল, ‘যেটা হয়ে গেছে, হয়েই গেছে। একটা অ্যাক্সিডেন্ট হিসেবেই ব্যাপারটাকে নে না। দ্যাখ, তখন আমরা তিনজনেই ইনটক্সিকেটেড ছিলাম। তাই বলছি, গোটা ঘটনাটাকে তো একটা মাইল্ড এরর হিসাবেও দেখতে পারি। আর এত ভয় কিসের? অন্তত ভয় ভাঙানোর জন্যও ওখানে যাওয়া দরকার। ' সুনন্দ ঠোঁটের ওপর জিভ বোলাল— ‘কাজটার জন্য এখনও আমার খুব অপরাধী লাগে নিজেকে।'