Keter Episode 3

The following is the transcript for **Keter Episode Ⅲ**, the third episode of the Patron Librarians' Stories for the **Floor of General Works**.

## Unlock condition

This episode is unlocked by raising the Floor's realization level to 4 (unlocking the two Upper Floors and reaching  Star of the City), which also unlocks the Abnormality suppression for The Snow Queen.

## Transcript

**Location: Inside the Library**

Library Director Angela…

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahGo ahead, dear, say something.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaYou’re pointlessly wasting my time.

Servant RolandAlright, let’s all loosen up and start talking, yeah?

Library Director AngelaOkay. It has been such a long time since I last talked to you two…

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahYou are afraid of us, are you not? You would avoid us as much as possible, given any opportunity.

Library Director AngelaI’ll agree that I’m not exactly comfortable with talking to you face to face.

Library Director AngelaStill, Hokma and Binah… You have awoken at last.

Library Director AngelaIt can only mean that the Library is nearing completion.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaAnd that you are closer to achieving your aim than ever before.

Library Director AngelaIndeed. The one book, my goal that I desperately wish to have…

Library Director AngelaI firmly believe that I will obtain it at the end of this. That’s what motivated me to come so far.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahHad your nightmarish past not haunted you…

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahYou could have relished the stability of immortality and unending happiness, even if that meant you had to stay within this shell for eternity.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahYet you… are still shackled to the past. You seek to break out of the shell for that reason.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahAre you not afraid of exposing your bare self to the outside world?

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahOnce you leave the solid shell that is keeping you safe, a path laden with thorns will await you.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahYour body will be covered with scars, and you will continue to suffer new injuries before your old wounds can seal up.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahWhen you are finally overcome with the urge to crawl back into that shell, you will find that the place in which to rest your bloodstained body will have weathered away in the waves of time.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahAnd yet you wish to leave this place.

Library Director AngelaI may get hurt or even go mad and harm myself, but anything should be better than that hell I’d lived through.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaIt will simply torture you in new ways.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaThe fear will be ever-present before you all the same. And it will chase you until the end of the world.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaYou must be aware yourself; perhaps your sight has been obscured by the painful past, or you’re desperately turning a blind eye to it.

Library Director AngelaI have to do it nonetheless. I will do what I can to gain vitality and press forward.

Library Director AngelaI’m slowly learning to forget my past. Although that won’t change this goal of mine.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahIf that is what you say.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahSay, dear. Will we have more occasions to face each other and converse like we have now in the future?

Library Director AngelaI don’t know. I personally wouldn’t mind it.

Library Director AngelaI’d like to hear your thoughts on it.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaAre you asking for our opinions? That’s rather unexpected.

Library Director Angela…

Library Director AngelaForget it. That’s enough greeting. It was nice seeing you.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahAnd she exits. That was quite harsh of you, was it not?

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaI was merely expressing my surprise. I meant no malice.

Servant RolandI’m next to her all the time, but her attitude’s surprising for sure.

Servant RolandShe seems to have gotten pretty mild these days. She’s willing to listen to what I have to say, at the very least.

Servant RolandShe used to refuse conversations and just straight-up announce things when I first met her…

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaAngela appears to be changing indeed, for better or for worse.

Patron Librarian - Philosophy BinahWould you not agree that it is a positive change? I look forward to having more meetings such as this.

Patron Librarian - Religion HokmaThe opinions of the other Patron Librarians will hold much weight in the decision, as Angela remarked.

Servant RolandWelp, don’t worry too much about the lower and middle floors. Their moods seemed pretty alright.

Servant RolandStill, thinking about everyone gathering in one place… It’s honestly hard to imagine how that would go.