Dear authorial intent, As an author, let me speak to you directly.

亲爱的“作者意图”，身为作者，我要跟你说清楚。

There's no definitive answer, which is part of why authorial intent is a complex, tangled, fun question to unravel.

没有明确的答案，这就是为什么作者的意图是一个复杂、纠结、 有趣的问题需要解开的部分原因。