Story: Hokma — Episode 5

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Hokma — Episode 5

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Elijah (Id: 'malkuthPast')

I’ll do my best!

Gabriel (Id: 'yesodPast')

I’d advise you not to be so languid.

Michelle (Id: 'hodPast')

Um, is it okay if I do this?

Daniel (Id: 'chesedPast')

Hey, don’t worry too much about it, you won’t find a professional like me often.

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Angela (Id: 'angela')

No one remained by my side.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

With everyone’s sacrifice, I came this far and reached the ranks of the Wings. But there was nobody left to celebrate the moment with.

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Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

The moments I have just made you witness are no longer merely scenes of the past.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

They could be the present, or even from the future.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

There are people who once loved you, and there are employees who think that they are happy here.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

There is also Angela, a cold imitation of Carmen.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

Is this not the heaven that has burrowed into your mind, the place you have been yearning for?

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

In this place, you are no less mighty than God. Even death finds no meaning here.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

So I plead with you, will you not be satisfied already?

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

We are so desperately continuing to exist, even if it means living like we are now.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

What right do you have to turn everything to ash?

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

Furthermore…

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

It is clear this story has no need for an end.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

Think about it.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

All the work that you have done, is it truly a consequence of your own choices?

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

You never were ready.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

You were not prepared to accept her death, so you created a being wholly shrouded in a sense of loss.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

And now you are just struggling to move forward, blindly fumbling along the obscure trails of your past deeds.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

Throughout this entire process, you were never sincerely willing to do what you did.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

So please, I beg you to go back, now.

I will not turn back.

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Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

Look at you. You are proving me right.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

You are not at all honest with yourself, even in the gravest of choices you must make.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

Even if I were to send you away, you would likely return to me after having yet another fresh start.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

It is an uncontrollable law of this place we must follow. This whole facility has become one giant ever-running clockwork.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

The clock never stops ticking.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

It never rests. It never rushes. It is not set to follow any specific person.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

It simply walks forever, maintaining the same pace as it always has.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

And now, it is time for you to leave.

I won’t leave.

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Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

You are a lost traveler without a compass or a map.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

It is natural to feel fear when one is subject to the whims of the air and sea.

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Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

However, there is no need for you to fear the counting of the clock anymore.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

I shall always welcome you. I will always console you.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

You never were ready.

I stand my ground.

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Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

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Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

You have not changed your decision in the end.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

It had seemed that tomorrow would have come as it always does, but it has not.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

The hour of silent waiting has long since ended.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

When I no longer feared the impending night, I chose to love this place.

Hokma (Id: 'hokma')

But if you still wish to break this egg at all costs…

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Hokma (Id: 'hokmaClock')

I shall become its sentinel, and I will reap you.

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Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

How can this still be considered following her will?

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

This… This is nothing but a seed of calamity, drenched in sin.

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

Oh, by the Wings! Your mind has been soaked with grief, even more severely than I thought.

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

Please, just… Why can’t you just stop now?

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

You and I… We tried our best.

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

With your career and wealth, you’ll be able to live the rest of your life in the Nest with no problem whatsoever.

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

So please, I urge you, stop here.

Benjamin (Id: 'hokmaPast')

Stop before you cross the line…

I will not stop.

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A (Id: 'a')

No one remained by my side.

A (Id: 'a')

With everyone’s sacrifice, I came this far and reached the ranks of the Wings. But there was nobody left to celebrate the moment with.

A (Id: 'a')

The silence was the signal to start my task for everyone.

A (Id: 'a')

We lost something in us, every single day.

A (Id: 'a')

We used inhumane methods to extract information from the woman we captured from the Head.

A (Id: 'a')

We passed out plans to AIs that hadn’t even been named yet.

A (Id: 'a')

It ached, no, it wounded the heart of the man who had always been with me.

A (Id: 'a')

The sound of the waves were so far away, and there was no time left to stay.

A (Id: 'a')

I lost the last man who stood by me.

A (Id: 'a')

It was a tragedy, but I didn’t hide it.

A (Id: 'a')

The ones who had left early on likely didn’t need me anymore, but I needed them in those final moments.

A (Id: 'a')

To bring back those who had forsaken the embrace of the earth. To hide and lock away the Seed of secret.

A (Id: 'a')

I was the only one who remained.

A (Id: 'a')

I wanted to be forgotten like a mirage.