Branch K-02 (before battle)

The branch facility we entered was not as well-preserved as the one we had visited in District 4.

It seems N Corp's Inquisitors have been using this place as their base for a while; various torture devices and bits of flesh and machinery like those we saw in town came into my sight.

Please stop… It hurts… It hurts so much…!

Hah. This one speaks of suffering.

It must be a false cry. Pay it no mind.

No… The pain… It's real, I swear…

Did it not hurt to attach these impurities to your flesh? Did your conscience not scream as you rejected your humanity?

Enough. This one is too far gone to repent.

Does the absence of tears not say enough? This one is only pretending to confess.

No, wait! I can… I can shed tears! So I beg you, please…

We can afford to verify, can we not?

…Hm. Indeed, for a genuine effusion of sorrow suggests humanity.

Thank you… Thank you so much…

Now, we shall lift your eye.

Their heretical depravity knows no bounds; they've gone so far as to make vile devices that mimic tear glands. We must see with our own true eyes that this isn't the case.

We will let you go if we can confirm that your eye socket is indeed of flesh and blood.

Wha… No - stop!!!

…Huzzah!

Gah… Ngh…

털썩

…You heretics truly are like pests.

Never alone, with a habit of constantly obstructing our great task; you are kindred creatures indeed.

Rodya shrugged when I looked back.

What? I wanted to take charge for once.