Malkuth — Episode 4Location: The Library - Floor of HistoryMalkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Good work, everyone!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth1"Roland(Servant)Cheerful as always, Malkuth. What are you up to?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland1"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Oh, hi Roland! I was just having a training session with the assistant librarians.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth2-01"Roland(Servant)Seems lively. Guess you’re good friends with each other?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland2"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)They were my employees back in Lobotomy Corp!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth3-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Back then, I could only assist them from the backseat, rather than on the field.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth4-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)It’s nice to be able to work alongside them this time around!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth5"Roland(Servant)Former coworkers from Lobotomy Corp, huh… Must be refreshing.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland3"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)It sure is! I used to push them too hard because of my faulty mindset.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth6"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)But it’ll be different this time. We’ll start with the things we can do, one at a time.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth7"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)“Face the past, and build the future!”Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth8"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I like this quote. It feels like a good way to summarize the essence of history. It’s similar to something I would hear before too.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth9-01"Roland(Servant)You ain’t wrong. But there aren’t too many people who can actually learn from history these days.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland4"Roland(Servant)The lessons seem obvious, but putting them into action is the hard part.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland5"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I’ve been thinking about the past a lot.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth10"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I was a person called Elijah.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth11"Roland(Servant)That your first life?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland6"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Yep. Born in the Nest as an ordinary citizen, went to an ordinary school.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth12-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I wasn’t anyone special. I wasn’t richer than most people, and I didn’t really have special talent in any field.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth13"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)The people in the Nest where Elijah lived… They all seemed to have lost focus in life, spacing out and staring into empty places.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth14"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Everyone only saw black and white things.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth15-01"Roland(Servant)Isn’t the Nest full of shiny and bright arrays of colors? It was almost an eyesore sometimes.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland7"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)That’s true, but those other colors weren’t necessary for reading.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth16"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)There’s already too many black and white things for the eyes to take, it’s no use seeing other, useless colors…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth17"Roland(Servant)Hmm, I guess Elijah could see those colors, then?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland8"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Not exactly, but… she tried hard to see them! The colors were still there, just not for our eyes.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth18"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Elijah wanted to let others know.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth19"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)About how diverse and brilliant colors are…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth20"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)About how colors are ever-changing and free-form, like how the mix of two colors can bring out a brand new color.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth21"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)That’s what Elijah thought, I think!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth22"Roland(Servant)You sound like you’re talking about someone else, third-person.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland9"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)To be honest, I don’t really feel like Elijah and I are one and the same.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth23"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Maybe too much time has passed since then.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth24"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)The other librarians probably feel the same.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth25"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)My current life feels more like an extension of that life as Malkuth from Lobotomy Corp, rather.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth26"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)My time as Elijah feels kinda distant and unfamiliar, even though it was my first life…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth27"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)It’s like, the memories of someone from a distant past are now a part of me, if you know what I mean?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth28"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)It’s nostalgic in a way, and a bit sad and stuff!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth29"Roland(Servant)I don’t know a whole lot about that reincarnation jazz, but I guess that’s a good thing?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland10"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Yeah! It doesn’t feel so bad.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth30"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)It feels good to finally have the time to reflect on myself.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth31-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Looking back at the lives I lived, and the history I made.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth32"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I think we didn’t spend enough time looking back. We were all too busy heading forward.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth33"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)And the same goes for Angela, maybe…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth34-01"Roland(Servant)No one has the time to look back. Even now, I’m running straight ahead.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland11"Roland(Servant)But still, looking back at the past can supposedly give the solution for troubles of the present or worries of the future.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland12"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I think that’s correct. Although I’m not sure I can find the solution for the problems we’re facing right now…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth35-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I think I’m getting close to finding the answer for what Angela said to me before.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth36-01"Roland(Servant)About who you were and how you wanted to live?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland13"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Mhm. I didn’t really have what I could call a dream at that time…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth37"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)But things are different now. If I were to dream of what I’d do after this…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth38"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)I think I would’ve wanted to be an architect, maybe!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth39"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Y’know, the person who designs buildings and oversees the process of construction until it’s finished.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth40"Roland(Servant)Huh, I guess great empires weren’t built in a day.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland14"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Of course it wasn’t. You have to start with designing the most beautiful exterior that can be created within the functional limitations.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth41-01"Roland(Servant)That sounds complicated…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland15"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Did you know, Roland?Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth42-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)There’s this phrase, “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth43-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)It may be too late to change the people who’ve lived so far, but what influence will the structures of the City have on future residents as they grow up…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth44-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)If I were to make a building with colors that’ll be remembered by everyone…Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth45-01"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)…Those are the thoughts I had!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth46-01"Roland(Servant)I’m sure you’ll do a great job if you get the chance, Malkuth. Sounds like the job would fit you well, too.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland16"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Haha, thanks.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth47"Malkuth(Patron Librarian - History)Maybe you should reflect on your past like I did, Roland! It’ll be a helpful exercise.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_malkuth48-01"Roland(Servant)…My eyes are always fixed on the past.Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland17"Roland(Servant)Anyway, hope you can realize the dream of becoming an architect!Audio: "ch8_Malkuth_ep4_roland18"
