Story: BinahEpisode 5

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Contents:
  1. Location: The Library – Floor of Philosophy
  2. Location: ???
  3. Location: Somewhere in L Corp’s Nest
  4. Location: ???
  5. Location: Charles’ Office
  6. Location: ???
  7. Location: The Library – Floor of Philosophy
BinahEpisode 5 (Stage: 208004) Location: The Library – Floor of Philosophy Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Roland. Do you know of the being Angela was modeled after? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_1-01" Roland (Servant) Nope. She never really told me about who she was based on, and I didn’t really wanna bother asking further. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_1" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Angela was created in the image of the person named Carmen. She was one who sought to change the City. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_2" Roland (Servant) Hang on, what? You mean the Carmen who recruited people for her quest to cure humanity? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_2" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) She strove to create a world without conflict. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_3" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) To elaborate, her idea of utopia was one in which people did not harm each other, and could mutually understand. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_4" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) She dreamed of a world where people could dream… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_5-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Alas, she could never reach that ideal herself, tragically. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_6-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The fruit of her research could only be borne after she sacrificed her life for it. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_7" Roland (Servant) And the Head didn’t miss that prime opportunity to strike? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_3-02" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Of course, her cause was an important offense… even though that was not all. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_8_b" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Angela was meant to be a substitute of Carmen. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_9-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The one who created Angela and carried out the plan… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_10" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) And the one I am keeping an eye on; he was the same type of individual as I. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_11-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) He merely shouldered the burden of completing the task the one he loved left behind. He never pursued any great cause in a true sense. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_12-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) He was frail, yet could not be understood by anyone. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_13" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) It may be that he desperately longed for understanding from another being for that reason. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_14" Roland (Servant) So you’re saying Angela was made to fill the Carmen-sized hole in his heart? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_4" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The forbidden endeavor to create someone to look over his fragile self. A cocktail of irony and lingering attachment… self-loathing and insanity. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_15-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The irony of codependency where the two gravely needed each other but could never be next to one another. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_16" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The abiding affection for Carmen that compelled him to create a mechanical copy of her, even though there was no real need for such resemblance. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_17" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The result ended up resembling him more than Carmen, funnily enough. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_18" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) The self-contempt that stemmed from countless contradictions and regrets. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_19" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) And the insanity of neglecting Angela to suffer for nigh eternity when she was capable of having a mind that is no different from humans. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_20-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Beautiful, is it not? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_21-01" Roland (Servant) …Beautiful, my ass. He was an absolute top-of-the-range nutcase if what you said is true. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_5-01" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Yet he was a beacon of virtue for some. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_22" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) There is no such thing as “good” in this world, however. There is only what is perceived as such. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_23" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) It is not up to the individual to dare make universal judgement… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_24-01" Roland (Servant) Right. And I bet he was a spawn of evil to others… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_6" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Humans are bound to view the world while carrying certain things on their backs. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_25" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) You are no exception, of course. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_26-01" Location: ??? ??? Never having had a chance to see my parents, I grew up in the hands of an old woman in the Backstreets. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_7" ??? And I was left alone when she was gone not too long after. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_8" ??? Looking for a way to make a living for myself, I jumped into the world of Fixers at a young age. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_9" ??? I had my gran to thank for that, since she taught me how to survive as a Fixer before she left. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_10" ??? I spent all of my time dealing with requests and errands for others, rather than doing anything for myself. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_11" ??? In time, I gradually forgot. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_12" ??? Was there anything that I could do for myself? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_13" ??? I thought as I watched the naked and explicit facets of the City. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_14" ??? Should I settle for a life where I won’t lack for anything crucial…? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_15" ??? Will I be happy if I live in the Nest…? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_16" Location: Somewhere in L Corp’s Nest ??? It was when the days of smoke-filled skies and the scents of humans were nearing their end. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_17" Roland (???) Fuck off. This one is mine to kill. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_18" Salvador (???) You’re one snappish kid, aren’t you. Wearing an odd mask, too. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_1" Roland (???) I said fuck off. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_19" Roland (???) …Huh? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_20-01" Salvador (???) Try looking at what’s in front of you for once. You’ll miss the most important things if you’re always looking back, don’t you know? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_2" Roland (???) …You’re not getting any thanks from me. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_21-01" Salvador (???) I wasn’t expecting any. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_3" Roland (???) And I’m still getting credit for this one’s head. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_22-01" Salvador (???) What is a young green sprout like you doing here anyway, partaking in this war? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_4-01" Roland (???) It’s none of your business. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_23" Salvador (???) I bet you’re here for the migration permit to the Nest. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_5" Roland (???) …Are you here for that too, old fart? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_24" Salvador (???) I’m a Nest resident at birth, so I don’t quite need that. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_6-01" Roland (???) …The hell are you here for, then. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_25-03" Salvador (???) You sure are ignorant of the world, kid. Take a look. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_7-01" Roland (???) A badge of I Corp’s Nest… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_26-02" Salvador (???) An entire Association has been hired, you see. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_8" Salvador (???) I frankly don’t know what we’re fighting for. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_9-01" Salvador (???) This smoke admittedly made the City a nasty mess, I’ll give you that… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_10-01" Salvador (???) But they won’t tell us anything beyond that. All we ought to do is go and kill whoever we’re ordered to kill. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_11-01" Salvador (???) Such are the principles of the Fixers, and this City as a whole. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_12" Salvador (???) …Say, kid. How many kills have you scored in this war until now? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_13-03" Roland (???) Twenty three. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_27" Salvador (???) Think your life is worth more than twenty-three people? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_14-06" Roland (???) No… All I did was strike at them with my sword so I could live… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_28-02" Roland (???) My life probably isn’t worth anything more than one… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_29" Salvador (???) And yet some higher ups believe that a handful of this smoke is worth more than tens of thousands of lives. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_15-04" Salvador (???) Watch, that’s the source of the smoke. Downright hideous, yet expected. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_16-04" Roland (???) Hrrrk… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_30" Salvador (???) You vomit with your mask on? Hrp… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_17-04" Salvador (???) …Filthy tot. You made me queasy as well. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_18-04" Roland (???) What… is that thing… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_31-01" Salvador (???) You’d better get used to this kind of scenery. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_19-01" Salvador (???) The Singularities that keep the City running all have a nasty truth or two hidden from the public eye. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_20-01" Salvador (???) Well, we’ll be subjected to amnestic treatment now that we’ve seen this. Though this disgust won’t go away entirely. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_21-01" Roland (???) What…? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_32-01" Roland (???) This was what’s behind the splendor of the City? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_33" Roland (???) The City could be in motion thanks to this crap…? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_34-01" Salvador (???) You learned a valuable lesson today, kid. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Salvador_22-03" ??? I don’t exactly remember the source of the smoke I witnessed that day. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_35" ??? But I can’t forget the dreadful image of what makes this City a prosperous place. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_36-01" ??? This sickening world itself. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_37" ??? They don’t realize that their convenience is built on the sacrifice of numerous others. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_38" ??? They wouldn’t even want to know. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_39" Location: ??? ??? After the war, I blended back into the City and kept working as a Fixer. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_40" ??? Numerous people came and went in my life. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_41" ??? Countless crises and hardships later, all that remained by my side were the twelve Fixers in Charles’ Office. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_42" Location: Charles’ Office Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Get that thing out of my face!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_43-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Gasp… Huhh… Huff… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_44-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Yeesh, that’s a nasty sleeping habit you have there, mister. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_1" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …I just nodded off for a moment, that’s all. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_45" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) What are you…? Oh, you must be the new one. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_46" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) You know how everyone else who took this request died awful deaths, right? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_47" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) “Why should I begrudge it, since during the hours when my soul crushed the depths of my heart, it was seated there beside me?” Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_2" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Great, I get to work with a sicko. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_48" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …What the f—! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_49-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) It’s a passage from a poem I like. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_3" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) It helps me accept the agony rather than suffer trying to shake it off. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_4" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Just what kind of augmentation did you get to be so strong… You almost crushed the back of my skull! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_50" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …Ghhrgh. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_51-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) You aren’t any less of a sicko if I’m being honest, mister. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_5" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) I heard you keep that mask on at all times like a creepy psycho. That said, I also heard you’re quite skilled. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_6" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Say mister, why won’t you take your mask off, anyway? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_7" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Don’t pry. We’re both Grade 1, let’s not cross each other’s lines. You know the unspoken rules. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_52-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) No I don’t, mister. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_8" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Stop with that “mister” crap, it’s making me feel awkward. The documents say you’re older than me, too… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_53-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) And I swear I’m gonna pay you back for hitting me twice before the contract with Charles’ Office ends, so you’d better be prepared. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_54" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) You mean three times, my good mister sir? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_9" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Huh? But I could’ve sworn I only got hit twice— Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_55" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …You piece of—! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_56" ??? I first met Angelica while taking on a case concerning a Star of the City. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_57" ??? It’s pretty much unavoidable to talk with coworkers on a long-term mission. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_58" ??? Perhaps I should’ve kept my silence. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_59" ??? Was it because of all my colleagues… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_60" ??? No, all the people who died so early and suddenly before I could even call them colleagues—that I grew a yearning for something more? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_61" ??? Why did I bother opening up to her… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_62" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) I was from the Outskirts. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_10" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) To be precise, I was a test subject in a Wing, apparently. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_11" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) And when they were done experimenting with me, they dumped me in the Outskirts. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_12-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) I don’t really remember what kind of experiments I went through… but the horrible feeling still persists. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_13" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) How unfortunate. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_63-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) You’re cold, mister. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_14-02" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) It’s just too banal. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_64-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Yeah… I guess it really is a cliché story when you put it that way. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_15" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) What about you? Tell me something more about your mask. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_16" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …Focus on work. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_66" ??? I started wearing a mask following my gran’s advice. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_67" ??? Her reason was that as a Fixer, it’s important to not let your potential enemies remember your face—if I remember correctly. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_68" ??? But now I had to keep my mask on for another reason. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_69" ??? I couldn’t stand to take it off. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_70" ??? I couldn’t stand to be open with a clear conscience in this City. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_71" ??? The mask became my own enclosed world I couldn’t leave. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_72" Location: ??? Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Please don’t take him to that room! I’m sorry! I’m sorry for everything…! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_16-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) So please leave my brother be… Please let him go…!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_17-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) …Ack! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_18-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Dozing off in the middle of a mission, are ya? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_73" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I don’t think you’re one to criticize anyone else’s sleeping habits, hm? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_74" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Hey! Hold on! That hurt too much!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_19-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I still have two more hits to go. And wow, you’re just dropping your courtesy because you’re hurt. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_75" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_20-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Sigh… I got a little agitated, sorry mister. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_21-02" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) My childhood must have come back to me while I was asleep. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_22-03" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …You told me about it before. The part about you having a brother is new to me, though. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_76" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) What about you, Roland? It’s about time you told something about yourself. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_23-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …I participated in the Smoke War. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_77-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) An acrid smoke covered the whole City for a while thanks to that war. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_24-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Yep. And I saw the source of the smoke with my own two eyes. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_78" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I can’t remember what it was anymore… But I still have a feeling that I witnessed something I shouldn’t have to this day. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_79" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) And the feeling that I’m taking part in something no better than fueling that disgusting origin. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_80" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) It’s like something is boiling within me. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_81" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Copious amounts of agonies surround the City. Maybe the reason you’re always wearing that mask is… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_25" Olivier (Charles’ Fixer) Heads up. The target is approaching your location. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Olivie_1_B-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …Back to work. We’re almost done with this long mission. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_82-01" ??? The target Angelica and I were after was called ‘Blood-red Night’. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_83" ??? She employed sly trickery to kidnap people from the Backstreets and the Nest alike. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_84" ??? The victims were later found in the Backstreets as corpses. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_85" ??? Animated corpses. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_86" ??? The bodies are empty inside. I have no idea how they’re able to move. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_87" ??? But they kept walking anyway. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_88" ??? They endlessly craved for fresh things, as if to fill their emptied bodies. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_89" ??? She was only designated as a Star of the City so quickly because the Nest saw direct harm, I bet. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_90" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) We’ve arrived at her bedroom at long last. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_91" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) So many people died on the way here. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_26" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) You and I managed to survive it, though. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_92" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Should we consider that lucky, or unlucky, mister? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_27" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Check this out… How many people did it take to make everything here? I’m guessing at least three thousand folks. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_93" Elena (Blood-red Night) It’s the boudoir of four thousand one hundred seventy-two people, if you want the exact number. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_1-02" Elena (Blood-red Night) You must’ve made quite a bit of effort to catch me, seeing as you’ve come all the way here? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_2" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Sure as hell have. Took two damn years to track you down. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_94-03" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) The strings decorating this room are all human blood vessels. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_28" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) She’s been kidnapping people at random and extracting all the veins from their bodies. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_95-03" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) The things we dealt with on our way were the shells you took all the veins out of, as I expected. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_96-02" Elena (Blood-red Night) They were just crude contraptions of flesh lacking their own will, unfortunately. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_3-01" Elena (Blood-red Night) It wasn’t what I was looking for. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_4-02" Elena (Blood-red Night) I was hoping for ones whose veins were flowing with blood that’s a little more enticing… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_5-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Whatever your sentiment is, your little game ends now… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_29-02" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Tonight, a Star of the City shall fall. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_30-03" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) She’s a rather persistent opponent… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_31-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) We’re almost there! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_97" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Hey!!! Watch your back!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_32-02" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) …Aaargh!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_33_b" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …You didn’t have to—! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_98" Elena (Blood-red Night) Hahh… So sweet. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_6-03" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) You damn bitch!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_99" Elena (Blood-red Night) …This won’t be the last you see of me. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_7-01" Elena (Blood-red Night) The night shall fall once again someday. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Elena_8-02" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Shut up! And die!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_100" ??? People try not to care about the suffering of others. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_101" ??? They only give a few dry words of consolation; they never wish to truly understand each other’s pain. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_102" ??? But Angelica was different; she wanted to learn more about the pain I was bearing. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_103" ??? My agony is abstract and enormous. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_104" ??? Could you really understand me? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_105" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Hey! Angelica! Can you hear me?! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_106" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) …“You are like those who never left the sad fireside corner of my poor black heart…” Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_34-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) It’s finally over… Good work, mister… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_35-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Keep it together! Hey! You can’t just die like this… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_107" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I can’t have you die because of me… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_108-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Don’t close your eyes! Stay with me!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_109-01" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Cut it out, you dope!! I’m not dead yet!!! Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_36" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …Wha? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_110" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Sigh… I was just trying to lie flat and rest a bit… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_37" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) And then you almost beat me to death… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_38-01" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Thank goodness… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_111" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) Are you actually relieved or what? It’s hard to tell what you’re thinking behind that mask, mister. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_39" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …I’m wearing this mask because I don’t want to show my face to anyone. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_112" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I was not proud to face the abominable deeds of the City I’m contributing to… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_113" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I don’t want my contorting face to be seen… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_114" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) I don’t have the confidence to show myself to anyone… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_115" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) …Sometimes, I think… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_116" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) If we can kill so many people nonchalantly just because Associations and Offices ordered us to, excusing it as part of our work… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_117" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Then we could be killed by someone with the same kind of excuses. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_118" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Even if we were to get murdered in the City one day… we wouldn’t be able to make any complaints about it. That’s what makes me scared. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_119" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) …Yep, that’s a problematic face alright. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_40" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) I guess you really were worried for me, though? It’s bearable to look at. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_41" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Gah… My face, it hurts. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_120" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) I don’t get why you care so much about all the problems in the City like that’s your burden. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_42" Angelica (Charles’ Fixer) That’s that, and this is this. You know? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Angelika_43" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) That’s that, and this is this… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_121" Roland (Charles’ Fixer) Yeah. I guess that’s how this City is… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_122-01" ??? The person who broke into my world. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_123" ??? The person who then became the new foundation of my world. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_124" ??? She showed me the way to turn away from the City’s agonies even without my mask. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_125" ??? You may have been a good person, but I would not consider you a wise one. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_126" ??? You heard about the pain I was bearing, and taught me how to turn a blind eye to it. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_127" ??? You said you embraced the pain, but you only pretended to do so. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_128" ??? O my sorrow, you are better than a well-beloved. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_129" Location: The Library – Floor of Philosophy Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Have you enjoyed your dream? Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_27" Roland (Servant) I am but one of the many who play the tunes of the apocalypse in the abyss… Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Roland_130" Binah (Patron Librarian - Philosophy) Come, now. Audio: "ch8_Binah_ep5_Binah_28-01"