Binah — Episode 4Location: The Library – Floor of PhilosophyRoland(Servant)You’re always lazing around and sipping tea whenever I visit.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_1"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Everyone is basking in such indolent complacency.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_1"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)We live in an era where the only threat to humanity which is present in the City is humans themselves.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_2-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Even as monsters created by the hands of mankind are present in the Outskirts…Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_3-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)And entities well above the grasp of human cognition reside in the territories beyond those Outskirts.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_4-01"Roland(Servant)Heard there’s a ton of ‘em.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_2"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Is humankind being kept safe from those monsters, or are those creatures the ones being protected from us?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_5-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Would you not agree that the boundary between these two possibilities is rather thin and hazy?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_6"Roland(Servant)You call that a question? It’s gotta be protecting people from monsters.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_3"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)When that frail boundary finally dissipates, the true colors of humans are brought out.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_7-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Those may manifest in the form of E.G.O or an Abnormality as we had termed.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_8"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)It appears that the phenomenon has now been named the ‘Distortion’.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_9-01"Roland(Servant)Wha? I thought we were just talking about the City and its borders?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_4"Roland(Servant)And you keep talking about the “true form” of people…Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_5"Roland(Servant)What’s your definition of a human, anyway?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_6"Roland(Servant)Why do our “true forms” have to be all so weird like they’ve got a screw loose?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_7"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Well. I wonder… Are humans merely a species of primates, constituting the animal kingdom?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_10"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)What do you think is a man?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_11-01"Roland(Servant)A miserable little pile of greed?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_8"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Thinking in unsophisticated ways truly gives you an impeccable perception of the essence of things.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_12-01"Roland(Servant)Just tell me the answer already.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_9"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)It is exactly as you said. Desires are the truest aspects of humans, are they not?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_13-01"Roland(Servant)More word games, huh… You know that’s not the answer I want to hear.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_10"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)So you wish to hear what I know as an Arbiter of the Head.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_14"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)You want to learn the secrets of the City.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_15-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)The reason the Head neglects the suffering of the City and lets it fester.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_16"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)You crave an explanation for the utter lack of governance in our otherwise strict reign.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_17"Roland(Servant)Yeah, that. And that’s because…?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_11"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)I simply maintain my silence.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_18"Roland(Servant)Why you…Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_12"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)I urge you to relax. It is not possible for me to teach you the answer regardless of my will.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_19"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Unrolling me into a book will yield the same result.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_20"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)I have already emptied my mind of all knowledge relating to it.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_21-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Such is the fate of former Arbiters of the Head.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_22"Roland(Servant)Fine, you win. I’m all outta motivation now.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_13"Roland(Servant)I give up trying to pry or figure out anything from you.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_14"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)That ended on a trifling note. Still, it was the wise decision.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_23"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)What stands before you is not an Arbiter or other such things; it is simply a being that was once human.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_24"Roland(Servant)You still aren’t a likable one in my book. Angela probably dislikes you too.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_15"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Epoché. Perceive me as who I am.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_25_a-02"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Do not make any ancillary judgements… Do not be bound by anything you have learned in your life.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_26"Roland(Servant)I’m a human being; I can’t just disregard all my background experience when I watch something.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_16"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Regard me as what I simply am, neither as an Arbiter nor a Sephirah.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_27"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Consider only the time I have gone through.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_28"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)You may be able to see it when you observe me as though you knew nothing.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_29-02"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Through a long history of being entwined with each other, humans in the City have accumulated a layer of sediment.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_30"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)One cannot properly see through such turbid waters. The City is in such a state.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_31"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)A clear vision can only be attained through one’s own eyes.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_32-01"Roland(Servant)So, you basically mean everyone oughta look at the world from their own perspective and think what they want?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_17"Roland(Servant)People can see the same cup of water in different ways, like half empty or half full or some shit?Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_18"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Use your own eyes to watch things as they are.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_33"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Then you may see it. However, you will inevitably forget why you wished to see it once you reach that point.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_34"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)That oblivion is what creates anguish; that is why it is a tragedy.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_35"Roland(Servant)That means everyone’s going to have their own arbitrary vision of the world…Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_19-01"Roland(Servant)That can’t possibly happen in the City, there’s a predetermined answer to everything…Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Roland_20-01"Binah(Patron Librarian - Philosophy)Perhaps. Peek into your own universe, as everyone else shall.Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep4_Binah_36"
