Practical and literary: But Hsi Hsi went through the entire treatment process after all. "At the end of the electrotherapy," she writes, "my energy is nearly used up. I am drained of strength. By nighttime I am like a burned-out light bulb or an electric toy with a depleted battery--I move in slow motion.
然而西西總算熬過所有的治療，她形容「電療到了末期，體力越來越差，一到晚上彷彿那些電池將盡的電動玩具，動作慢下來了。