Hokma — Episode 2Location: Library – Floor of ReligionRoland(Servant)Hnggh… Ow, my back.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_1-01"Roland(Servant)Aren’t you asking for too many books at once?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_2"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)As I awoke later than the others, I have much to learn to catch up.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_1-02"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)I was always one step behind others.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_2-01"Roland(Servant)You mean how you have one foot in the grave?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_3-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)…A trifling attempt at mockery.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_3-01"Roland(Servant)Y’know, all the other librarians here told me they were following a person called Carmen…Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_4"Roland(Servant)You joined her in her research like all the others did?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_5"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)You’re right that most others followed Carmen, but I was loyal to another person.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_4-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)There was a man named Ayin, who founded Lobotomy Corporation and created Angela.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_5-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)I had faith in him. Everyone carries some form of faith or belief; in my case, I believed that what he sought to do was the right thing.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_6"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)Roland, do you happen to be a religious person?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_7-01"Roland(Servant)Nope. I’m not sure if there’s even a proper religion in the City.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_6"Roland(Servant)And the bigger ones are all money-hungry schemes in disguise, so there’s no point putting faith in any of ‘em.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_7"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)Then I must ask differently.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_8-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)What do you believe in?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_9-02"Roland(Servant)What I believe in? Getting out of this place one day.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_8-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)That is simply called a wish.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_10-01"Roland(Servant)Guess I don’t have any beliefs, then~Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_9-01"Roland(Servant)I never had time to care about things like that, I had my immediate future to worry about.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_10"Roland(Servant)We live in a world where it’s tough to think about or look back on stuff that won’t be helpful right away, dreams or faith or whatever.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_11-01"Roland(Servant)You’re talking the talk. What do you believe in, then?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_12-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)I believe in the eventual arrival of the world my scholar and mentor dreamed of.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_11"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)This faith is the guiding principle of my every action.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_12"Roland(Servant)Just what kind of person was he to make you his devoted fan?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_13-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)He was a man with a far sight.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_13_b"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)He strove to reach an unreachable place.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_14"Roland(Servant)Doesn’t that description also apply to Carmen, or at least of what I heard about her?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_14"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)There is a clear difference. Sir Ayin was gladly willing to accept evil for the sake of realizing his cause.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_15"Roland(Servant)Yeah, speaking of that, I seriously don’t get that Ayin guy.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_15-01"Roland(Servant)Heck, all he did was revive his dead friends against their will and play house in his underground lair just to satisfy himself, am I wrong?Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_16"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)…His deeds cannot be compared to something as puerile as “playing house”.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_16-01"Roland(Servant)I dunno how great and eye-opening his enlightenment was, but he left a huge trail of trouble for everyone else in that process, going from what I’ve heard.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_17-01"Roland(Servant)I mean, you went through a whole lot of suffering in your second life as Lobotomy Corp’s Sephirot, and Angela is still so infuriated.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_18-01"Roland(Servant)It’s all because of him, isn’t it? He’s looking like a complete mess from an outsider’s perspective.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_19-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)He endeavored to reach his goal in spite of such obstacles.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_17-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)He sought to fill the gaps out one way or another, in order to endure the eroding life.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_18-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)You will never understand it, his sacrifice and dedication…Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_19-01"Roland(Servant)Boy, aren’t you a total zealot. They say faith blinds the eyes of the feeble-minded.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_20-01"Hokma(Patron Librarian - Religion)I believe I am not the only one blind with faith here.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Hokma_20"Roland(Servant)Can’t be any worse than you, pal.Audio: "ch8_Hokma_ep2_Roland_21"
