Gebura — Episode 4Location: The Library – Floor of LanguageRoland(Servant)I guess you can’t exert as much power as the Red Mist did in her prime?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_1-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Seems so. I can’t see myself to be identical to Kali, either.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_1"Roland(Servant)What’s the big difference between the Red Mist and your present self, though?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_2-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I used to be able to freely wield E.G.O.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_2-02"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I was probably the only one in the City who could manage such a feat.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_3-02"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Weapons and armor that resonate with your own heart. Who could’ve imagined that?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_4-02"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)And now, I can’t handle those E.G.O as smoothly anymore.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_5-01"Roland(Servant)But the librarians can use E.G.O now, right?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_3"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)True. But we aren’t in full control of the E.G.O we use.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_6-03"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)We’re just temporarily acquiring it. From… Abnormalities.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_7-02"Roland(Servant)So, if I’m getting this right… we’re basically borrowing powers from the creatures we call Abnormalities in the form of E.G.O.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_4-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)That’s pretty much it. We’re not in the state to use them properly.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_8"Roland(Servant)And so the Red Mist was?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_5-02"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Well, the sword I used to wield was extracted from someone else, but the armor was my own E.G.O.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_9"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Those empowered me greatly.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_10-01"Roland(Servant)I mean, yeah, no one could’ve seen that coming.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_6"Roland(Servant)Weapons and armor that resonate with the mind… Your foes must’ve been helpless against them.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_7-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)It’s not all that convenient. Since it literally links up with your mind, you risk getting consumed by it as well.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_11"Roland(Servant)And the Distortion happens if you’re gobbled up by it?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_8-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I suppose so.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_12-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Every time I used E.G.O, it felt as if someone were talking to me.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_13-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)They’re what I desperately needed to hear, but at the same time, those words are things I don’t want to listen to.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_14-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)It was like a raging torrent that could sweep my consciousness away if I ever lost my grip.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_15"Roland(Servant)Not sure I felt that. I guess it’s because the E.G.O we use here are adjusted by Angela in advance.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_9-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I’m mostly worried about what may happen when people out there start manifesting and using E.G.O.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_16-01"Roland(Servant)Who gave you access to such amazing gear, anyway?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_10"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)…Carmen.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_17-01"Roland(Servant)The person who supposedly led the research to cure humanity, wasn’t it.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_11-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Right. Carmen was from the Nest, but she wasn’t afraid to hang around the Backstreets to give her fervent speech.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_18-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)She wasn’t gonna last long if she kept that up, if we’re being honest.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_19-01"Roland(Servant)So you helped her out of pity or something?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_12-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Not a chance. I wasn’t naive enough to serve anyone without payment.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_20-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I simply wondered just what exactly a Nest dweller would know about the agonies of the City to be so passionate about the matter.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_21-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)She brazenly went on about her absurd claim that she can break the ever-repeating cycle of suffering that goes on in the City.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_22-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I got mad that some dweeb was spouting off like she understood everything.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_23"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)So I grabbed her and snapped at her. “How dare you rattle on about that! What do you know about the pain and suffering people in the Backstreets go through?!” I yelled.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_24"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)I thought Carmen would whimper on the verge of tears, but she instead kept a straight face and retorted with a question.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_25"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)“What do you know about the pain in the Nest, then?”Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_26"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)She said she’ll tell me all about the pain and agony of the Nest, so I should teach her about the suffering of the Backstreets in return.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_27"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)She was so shameless. I didn’t like how she acted so brash for someone so weak.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_28-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Her eyes and voice, on the other hand, carried a certain energy.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_29-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)She said even the weakest people could gain the power to easily topple the Head if they set their mind to it.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_30"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)That she will give everyone the therapy to grant such power and mindset.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_31-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)She gave me her card, telling me to come over if I was interested.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_32-01"Roland(Servant)That was before you got assigned a Color, right?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_13-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Yep, I was a Grade 2 back then.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_33-01"Roland(Servant)You bought into her borderline cultist hooey despite being a Grade 2?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_14-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)No, I believed her because I was that experienced, actually. I’d met countless swindlers and hacks in my life, but something about Carmen told me that she wasn’t one of them.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_34-01"Roland(Servant)Just what kind of person was she…?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_15"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Anyways, I decided to count on Carmen.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_35"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)If I could protect this person, maybe this world might change.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_36-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Maybe fewer people would have to suffer the same kind of pain I did.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_37-01"Roland(Servant)That’s why you worked for practically free, huh.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_16"Roland(Servant)All the while you did unbelievable things, becoming a living legend, and getting a Color.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_17-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Those were just extras.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_38-01"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Doing meaningful work was enough for me.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_39"Roland(Servant)You sure are strong. And stupidly honest.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_18"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)Heard that a lot.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_40-01"Roland(Servant)Thanks for the stories, by the way.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_19"Gebura(Patron Librarian - Language)How about a cig?Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Gebura_41-02"Roland(Servant)No thanks~ Still got loads of work to do.Audio: "ch8_Gebura_ep4_Roland_20-01"
