They're both, I guess. They're still books you read like normal, but... they can come from people, too. Anybody who dies in the Library turns into a book that holds all the information about their life, and all the things they knew.
The director's collecting them for that. The information in them.
...yeah. They can't get inside without an invitation, and they technically have to agree to it, but... it's not as fair an exchange as it looks like it is. Is it really agreeing to risk becoming a book of your own free will, if you had no other choice but to sign? There's been people in that kind of situation who came to the Library too.
[just as blunt about this part-- there's no reason not to be, anyway.]
Situations like that, where someone has to win and someone has to lose... I'm not a fan of them, or of fighting people, but we didn't really have another choice either.
It bothers me that she pretends to think it's really fair.
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What does the library collect them for?
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The director's collecting them for that. The information in them.
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... do people die in the Library on purpose?
[not necessarily by their own intention
but maybe by like
others',,]
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[just a little surprised, but he doesn't sound judgmental at all]
How do you feel? As a Librarian.
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[just as blunt about this part-- there's no reason not to be, anyway.]
Situations like that, where someone has to win and someone has to lose... I'm not a fan of them, or of fighting people, but we didn't really have another choice either.
It bothers me that she pretends to think it's really fair.
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Is 'she' your boss?
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[the rest... he's quiet, briefly.]
I guess we kind of are books already? We still become them when we're killed too, she just brings us back after... but we're not really human.
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[he raises his brows at that. it's so touken ranbu, he gets it a lot.]
... but you don't like what you do.
[but they still have to do it....]
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Did you want to make the deal?
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...we could tell when we were fighting a losing battle, though. All our efforts were just going to go to waste.
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Mm.
That doesn't make it any less tough on you, though. I'm sorry.
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[someone else asked him something along these lines, once. his answer's still the same:]
If I could have a different life, I think I'd just want to paint. I'd like to have a simple life like that.
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There's a lot of joy to be found in simple lives, doing what you want with the people you enjoy. I hope you get that.
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