William:.. Let me just… ehh… push this out of the way…
Ron:.... What are you doing?
William:... What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to sit down.
Ron: You'll fall....
William:..... Oh, touching..... Don't get on one knee now...The answer is no.
Ron: sighs…
William: Yeah… ahh… oh. It's about to rain. I'm about to get soaked.....
Chris: Then go inside. Apart from catching a cold, you might slip. Don't be stupid.
William: Unnecessary stuff…
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Ron: …Why would a story about a husband disguising himself as a stranger mean anything? How is that considered a perfect answer?
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William: There's a saying the ancient Arabs used: "Barāqish brought it upon herself."
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The story goes like this.
Some people were fleeing from their enemies, along with a dog named Barāqish. They hid themselves in a remote place, hoping the enemy wouldn't notice them.
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After the enemy passed by and were about to leave, the dog barked as loudly as it could. The enemy noticed them and killed them all, including Barāqish. From there, the saying was born:
Barāqish brought it upon herself.
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Ron: I… I don't—
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William: I understand. I know. You've just been acting confused for the last couple of minutes. All I'm saying is: stop barking, and you'll stay alive.
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Ron: Woof. Woof.
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William: Enough blabbering. We can't reach each other.
The only thing left… is seeing your smile.
FADES.....
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And the record we retrieved beneath the wracked….. ended.
OK class….. that what really happened….
What I am going to say is just speculation... yes, Amanda…
Amanda:
so it's not true then…
? :
No… No… in theory…..
It's what you believe is true is the absolute truth until there's evidence….. telling otherwise…
I mean that what theory means….
Before that let's remember….
Copy code
_______. <— this is One, the listener
| <— this is the hole in the tower,
| or the glass which we heard got . | ...... destroyed
——————. <— this is Two, the
... ..... talker
We don't know their names, so let's call them… One and Two…
So after raising his gun and shooting the glass… One moved around, raising his gun toward Two… while having one bullet in the chamber...
Two, as you heard him, was trying to…..
As you see on the board... they were in front of each other...
And One could shoot him at any moment he wants….. then Two will be gone…..
But something interesting happened…..
One just walked to the edge and jumped.....
And just like that...
but what really happened…..????
So you see... there was a video captured the moment One appeared...
In the video, One was holding his head, as to cover his ear... before falling down...
So the question is… what happened that made One so unstable, to do this....
If you could see the video that was captured by someone recording on a nearby balcony…..
After seeing the glass shattering down, people started looking up, like usual, okay…..
From there we noticed three things…..
First: Two, from time to time, was looking outside... and sometimes mouthed something to that direction…..
Secondly: Two, from the moment he appeared, was acting weird... and funny...
And he was talking to a mysterious person...
And Two joked about how that person is named Reader...
And the other one which he named Narrator...
As if he was trying to... to buy more time... for unknown reasons...
Third is a little thing Two did in person...
Like if I played the recorder again... you can notice at the end, after the example of the dog he gave, the tone changed...
And more little things...
Like calling One James — the name given to the protagonist of the story... that he chose...
But what all of this means, we don't know for sure...
Like I said, it's all speculation...
"But Mr. Gordon… why don't we have names… and why can't we see the videos….."
How many times do I have to tell you — raise your hand before speaking, Lyra...
You asked a fair question...
First, we all know about illusions...
And how it's an abnormal power that comes from the unseen world...
From demons, ghosts, or what Arabs call Jinn…..
In general, they are spiritual creatures...
You can't see them unless they reshape into human form or something exist in our human world...
And spiritual here just means you can feel them spiritually, not more or less...
I will stop sidetracking...
Those creatures have power that can make things appear and disappear...
it's called illusion because it's not real...
But it feels real...
Like if you have the power of fire and you throw it at someone...
He shouldn't be burned...
But he will feel it...
And after that, he will see burn marks on his skin...
So that's why...
Lyra:I don't get it...
Well... in other words...
If their names or faces were displayed to the public...
Two things could happen...
People would hate the name itself bec of what it represents...
Or the hate would be redirected to their family...
And in this world that is drowning in illusions...
Who gets its power from the Source...
Gets this power from creatures weaker than them...
And somehow gets tricked by them...
Just saying... or thinking someone is evil, for any reason...
It's enough to make them a villain...
And because of that...
I don't know what my parents' names were...
Or how they looked like...
Amanda:Were your parents on the tower Mr. Gordon…
Matter of fact...
they were talking in the recording we just heard...
"Mr. Gordon… you just said Reader and Narrator... were there others..."
Well, Alex… in the original recording, you can even hear their voices... but it doesn't matter, I don't know their names...
Speaking of which… Two, when he first arrived, he introduced himself as Author...
And then we hear an individual laughing it off and saying I am the Narrator...
His real name is Tommy...
And we know his name because he faced an unfortunate event...
And he was kind of a hero...
So it wasn't bad for him or his family...
And it was better for the community to know his name...
Amanda: What about Reader...
No one knows who that individual is...
There's even a theory that says Reader is the reason of One's demise...
Or maybe Reader is an overpowered character...
But we wouldn't know...
Anything other than how dangerous Reader is...
There's no one left alive after meeting Reader...
So to know Reader's story...
you must ask who...
And if you ask Reader...
you will not be alive afterward...
Amanda: Dead men tell no tale...
No… No...
Reader can hear dead men talk...
But even the dead are afraid of speaking Reader's tale...
...
Why...
...
You will have to ask Death to let you meet Reader...
To reader we are a fantasy...in other words we are in reader world.....
But hey don't forget it's all just speculation...