Wedge Fixer Pamela
Help yourself. You’re gonna starve to death if you don’t eat anything.
Dawn Fixer Philip
Thanks for the meal, but… I don’t feel like eating yet…
Wedge Fixer Pamela
No wonder, your Office got wiped out. You should harden your heart, still.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Do you think it was your fault?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Yes… Had I stopped them…
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Had I been stronger and more mature…
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Had I… stayed there and not run away…
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Then it’s your fault.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…Huh?
Wedge Fixer Pameli
You were too daft and weak to keep the others safe. It’s your fault that everyone died.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Feel better now? Think what you want.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
When something happens, all you gotta do is make up reasons that are convenient to you, no?
Wedge Fixer Pameli
It’s not like you actually care about the cause; you just want to believe whatever that convinces you.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Hey, kids. Don’t bully that boy too hard now.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
I didn’t do anything. It was all Pameli.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Alright, Philip. Feeling well enough to talk now?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Yes. Thank you for your kindness.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
We are sister Offices, after all. Gotta help each other out.
Wedge Operator Oscar
I’m sorry we couldn’t help. We were in the middle of handling a case of the Distortion in the streets of District 12.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Those victimized by ‘The Eight o'Clock Circus’ held a show of pure insanity and hedonism.
Wedge Operator Oscar
It was akin to a festival in hell. Gave us quite a bit of trouble.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
I had to get my body replaced, too. This one’s seriously not my style…
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…Is that a robotic body? Doesn’t that shape infringe the Ethics Amendment, though?
Wedge Fixer Pamela
It’s not mechanical, it’s a clone of my body. I got biological body-recovery insurance some time ago.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Pameli’s body was torn apart beyond recovery, so this was the only way we had left for her.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Her head was thankfully intact. I thought Fixer insurances were a complete robbery, but it did help us out for once.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Speaking of, doesn’t your Office have any insurance?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
I was a relatively new member at that Office, so I didn’t know that much…
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Yeah, you’ll want to see if the Office had any. There are many types of insurance with various conditions.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
It’s nice to have a body again, but why did it have to be this?
Wedge Fixer Pamela
What? I urgently had body cloning surgery to save you, and this is how you thank me?
(Cut)
Wedge Fixer Pameli
What’s the point? Even just looking at the mirror is discouraging.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Don’t you dare damage that body.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
You know what, why don’t you just die a permanent death this time? That way you can’t be recovered by any means. You won’t have to pay me for the cloned body then.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
You asking for a fight?
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Yeah, you punk.
Wedge Operator Oscar
…You certainly are masterful at making ssanghwa-cha as Salvador said.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
You flatter me, sir…
Wedge Operator Oscar
A penny for your thoughts, Philip. Did ‘The Library’ appear to be related to the Distortion Phenomenon in any way?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
I’m not sure. I haven’t experienced the Distortion myself.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
But that place looked more alien than anything I’ve ever seen.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
And master and seonbae… They got turned into books there…
Wedge Operator Oscar
…That doesn’t help.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Several Associations have started keeping an eye on this matter.
Wedge Operator Oscar
It’s not just the Associations; even the Wings and the Fingers are clueless about what to make of the Distortion.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Alright…
Wedge Operator Oscar
You don’t seem too interested in the current topic.
Wedge Operator Oscar
You must want to forget all this fuss about the Distortion and head right back to the Library and retrieve the books of your colleagues.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…I wish I could do just that.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
But my master said to me in his note that I shouldn’t act hastily and instead depend on your aid.
Wedge Operator Oscar
That old friend left me with quite the troublesome little fellow…
Wedge Operator Oscar
Death is a staple in this business, but his wife and children must be heartbroken still.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Have you met them?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
No… I couldn’t visit them yet.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Why is that?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…I’m too ashamed to face them.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Our next stop will be the Library. Ready your gear.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…Thank you, sir.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Don’t mistake this for kindness. We’re simply taking you with us because we were already planning to go there.
Wedge Operator Oscar
And this is the least I can do to bear responsibility for my old friend’s death.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Personally, I’d never let a Fixer like you join my Office. It would give us a bad name.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…Is it wrong… Is it so pathetic for me to want to repay the favors of my colleagues, for their sake…?
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Everyone says not to act upon attachment, that it’s an unclassy and naive thing to do…
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
Can’t we as Fixers… no, as people living in the City, do anything on the behalf of others!!!
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Gosh, you’re insufferable. He didn’t even say that you’re wrong or anything.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
He just doesn’t want those kinds of Fixers in our Office, simple as that. Don’t be a miserable ass about it.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Nothing is as unreliable as someone who’s easily swayed by their feelings.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
You want us all to die just so you can fulfill your ideals or what?
Wedge Operator Oscar
You must be sincerely believing that your actions are for others.
Wedge Operator Oscar
That you are different from all the other unkind and selfish denizens of this City.
Wedge Operator Oscar
Thinking that you are fighting for some higher cause.
Wedge Operator Oscar
But know that those are in fact entirely selfish thoughts.
Wedge Operator Oscar
It’s the most dangerous kind of selfishness. You deceive yourself into thinking you’re selfless.
Wedge Operator Oscar
There can be no such thing as a selfless action for us humans. Even the act of self-sacrifice is ultimately for oneself.
Wedge Operator Oscar
A very dangerous kind of selfishness, one that slowly eats away at your peers and leads them to damnation…
Wedge Operator Oscar
You gave a fine speech, but I must wonder if you’re truly upset for the sake of Salvador and your other late colleagues.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…I’ll go prepare myself.
(Note 2)
Location: Inside the Library
Servant Roland
That Philip guy seems to be hurt, but I agree with Oscar here.
Servant Roland
Few things are as dangerous and nasty as selfishness in the guise of “for the sake of someone else”…
Library Director Angela
I think I know what you mean. The determination to work for the good of others can be a dreadful and loathsome weapon.
(Note 1)
Library Director Angela
Especially if one strongly believes that the justice they’re pursuing is worth sacrificing for…
Library Director Angela
They’re blinded by self-righteousness, and have no regards for their surroundings. They don’t care what happens to others.
Library Director Angela
They justify themselves for pressing forward pursuing their justice, crushing everything in their way…
Servant Roland
Wow… This might be the first time we understood each other for real. I’m touched, man.
Library Director Angela
How about some champagne?
Location: Library Entrance
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Stop frowning already, would you? You’re so annoying.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
He’s still recovering. We should give him some space.
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Tiny things like this can still affect my psyche.
Ex-Dawn Fixer Philip
…Nevermind. You don’t need to care about me. I’ll try not to be a hindrance.
Wedge Operator Oscar
I’ll stab you as soon as I determine that you’re getting in our way.
Library Director Angela
Greetings, dear guests. Though, your group seems to be in a rather ill mood?
Wedge Operator Oscar
I thought you were a machine… But could it be that you are partially human?
Wedge Fixer Pameli
Don’t stare at us so viciously now. We just poked you to make sure, not to kill you or anything.
Library Director Angela
How rude. Hasn’t anyone taught you to behave?
Wedge Fixer Pamela
Hmm, I heard the librarian of this place was supposed to be nice.
Library Director Angela
Someone advised me that there’s no need to be courteous with ill-mannered guests who slap and spit in my face without reason.
Wedge Operator Oscar
I apologize. We couldn’t afford to be polite when our very lives are at risk.
Library Director Angela
Oh, really now?
Wedge Fixer Pameli
This isn’t like what we heard about her at all.
Wedge Fixer Pamela
She must’ve had her own woes.
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