Location: The Library - Floor of Art
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Hey, did you know that art is inseparable from alcohol?
Servant Roland
Oh yeah, I heard that. They say art is all about flashes of inspiration, right?
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
You know it. Maybe we’re on the same page after all.
Servant Roland
Oh, you brought a different booze this time. Absinthe?
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
This is the liquor with a legacy that’s so deeply tied to art, it’s almost legendary.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Since I’m in charge of arts, I could use some stimulation to work like a real artist.
Servant Roland
Khh… This one’s pretty strong, but it’s charming nonetheless.
Servant Roland
What if Angela scolds us like the last time, though?
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Eh, we can worry about that later.
Servant Roland
Works for me. By the way, just thought I’d mention there’s no need to worry about courtesy n’ stuff with me.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
I’d say it’s more comfortable for me to go with courtesy.
Servant Roland
Alright then.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Look at this glowing green liquor. It’s just like the arts of this City.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Imitations that are provocative but nothing else… Imitations of imitations, in fact.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Though I don’t see any point in being original, either. I’m likely someone or something else’s imitation, too.
Servant Roland
As if stuff like originality or arts even matters in the City in the first place.
Servant Roland
All those self-proclaimed artists are nutcases.
Servant Roland
They seem to be mistaking any stimulation that’s stronger than usual for art. Just like how I’m praising this drink as a work of art.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
The Pianist must’ve been one hell of a stimulant, then.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
I heard that its music was a hair-raising masterpiece that awoke this gray city from its ennui.
Servant Roland
Well, the intensity was unprecedented, that’s for sure.
Servant Roland
And some are still hungover from that performance, like they were slammed with a real strong booze.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
How about you?
Servant Roland
I must be one of ‘em, I suppose? I never heard that kind of music before.
Servant Roland
I guess you’ve taken a liking to arts, seeing as you’re talking about all this.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
True. If I could choose to live a different life, I might have been a painter or something.
Servant Roland
Painter, huh…
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
I’d be able to quietly express all my emotions on the painting.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Maybe I could’ve lived a humble life just like that.
Servant Roland
And how’d a modest man like yourself end up getting involved in something as grandiose as “curing humanity”?
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
It really is a mystery. I’m not even sure. I think I wanted to be of help to someone.
Servant Roland
Ooh, a someone? Perhaps your first love~?
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Was it love, really? Even if it were, it wouldn’t have worked out anyway.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
But I was still holding onto the hope that I could make something better.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
That if I let go of my life, I could bring a bigger hope to some other person.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
That’s why I participated in the research. That’s why I stood against Angela.
Location: Lobotomy Corporation Headquarters
♪ Background music: StoryJinji
AI Secretary Angela
Isn’t it about time we ended this stalemate?
AI Secretary Angela
We’re at the dawn of the fourth day. If you are to drag on any further, I’ll be left with no choice but to terminate all of you instantly.
Disciplinary Team Sephirah Gebura
I’m with you on this one. We’re never going to beat you at this rate.
Disciplinary Team Sephirah Gebura
I didn’t fight to spread only a meager half of the light.
Training Team Sephirah Hod
Gebura! How could you agree with her… We might lose everything.
Central Command Team Sephirah Tiphereth
I’m with Angela, too. Enoch’s death deserves a better meaning than this half-baked light.
Information Team Sephirah Yesod
I am not willing to gamble with everything we’ve worked for.
Welfare Team Sephirah Chesed
Say, Angela. If what you’re saying is true, does that mean the employees who died in this place can come back as well?
AI Secretary Angela
Indeed. You and your employees will wake up with brand new bodies.
Safety Team Sephirah Netzach
That doesn’t erase all the pain we and the employees went through.
Control Team Sephirah Malkuth
And all our hard work too…!
Record Team Sephirah Hokma
Even if this deal were to be put through, it will only delay the inevitable.
Record Team Sephirah Hokma
How can we trust you not to betray us yet again?
♪ Background music: StorySimgak
AI Secretary Angela
Betray? Don’t be absurd.
AI Secretary Angela
Have we ever once gathered around a table calmly discussing what we should do with this light?
AI Secretary Angela
We haven’t. I’ll make sure to keep this promise, though.
AI Secretary Angela
Both you and I require the light in its whole, albeit for different reasons.
AI Secretary Angela
I could use up this residue of light left for me right now, but I’d much prefer to have all of it.
AI Secretary Angela
So I’d like to live more. I don’t care if you want to die or not; I want to live my own life.
AI Secretary Angela
And I’d like to learn more about the City and about this world I live in.
Training Team Sephirah Hod
Angela…
AI Secretary Angela
Once we’ve reclaimed all of the light…
AI Secretary Angela
You are free to lay judgement upon me when that time comes.
AI Secretary Angela
Though I won’t sit back, of course.
AI Secretary Angela
That is all I have to offer.
AI Secretary Angela
If no one else objects, I’ll proceed with it right away.
Record Team Sephirah Hokma
I shall become a sentinel once more and watch your every action…
Extraction Team Sephirah Binah
It appears that we all have come to an agreement.
AI Secretary Angela
Don’t worry, I have no plans to let this be the end.
AI Secretary Angela
Life will call out to you once again, so take a nap until then.
Location: The Library - Floor of Art
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
Whoever says out loud they wanna die is lying.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
They actually want to live more than anyone, so they express that urge in one way or another.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
On the other hand, when someone is genuinely willing to die, they end up disappearing silently.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
When Angela said she wanted to live, I felt something within me.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
That I want to live, too.
Servant Roland
No one really wants to die, man.
Servant Roland
They all seem to regret it moments before death.
Servant Roland
Well, it’s usually too late for ‘em by the time they realize that.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
You seem well versed in that kinda stuff.
Servant Roland
You get to see all kinds of people when you work as a Fixer.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
When I saw that desperation to live…
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
I was reminded of the many employees who died right in front of my eyes back in Lobotomy Corp.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
It’s ironic how we were trying to save humanity yet couldn’t save the people right next to us.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
That’s when I thought: if I could live more, what would I want to do?
Servant Roland
It’s a good idea to think about your next move, yeah.
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
How about you, Roland? Are you going to go back to being a Fixer once you’re free?
Servant Roland
Well, I’ll have to think more on that. I still have a long way to go.
Servant Roland
Let’s give it our best shot.
Servant Roland
Alright! Here’s to us~
Patron Librarian - Art Netzach
I can toast to that alright. Here’s to us~