Malkuth: POV.

The 'special' Sephirah rooms had always been there, more as a safety measure than anything else. It is a place we could stay at without worrying about the dangers of Abnormalities and just about everyone uses them, although calling them 'rooms' was a bit of a stretch.

They're just box-shaped areas where we can just fit in with little wiggle room, usually located in the Main Rooms, which is probably why Binah and Gebura just refused to use them at all. Both from pride and because they are the most dangerous people in the facility.

Not really the problem at the moment...

"Trigger! Pay attention! Trigger!" I have been trying to get his attention for about a minute now. I caught a glimpse of his expression before he fell on his knees... it wasn't pretty.

Eyes that stared at something that wasn't there, voids that seemingly replaced his eyelids, the small bags under his eyes became more prominent, and then he simply covered his face and... stayed there. Yang was wrapped around him and Punishing Bird was trying to get his attention, but he DIDN'T respond.

Not only that, but his mental corruption went from 10% to 70% in a damn instant. I know the Manager ordered him to try and be negative, and while I had caught glimpses of him being a bit overwhelmed...

Thankfully, Dakota was doing a good enough job handling Yin and the extra hands that came after made me confident they could handle it, but with Trigger currently... indisposed, Ryn would have to handle Yesod by herself.

I KNOW the Manager revealed what he knew about Yesod's circumstances. He was... not a bad person, but not a good one either, and that was one of the main reasons why I didn't tell Trigger who the Manager really is. The most important thing was just how much they just seemed to dislike each other for no apparent reason.

The animosity between Trigger and the Manager felt... primal, almost like Binah and Gebura, but the difference was just how open said feeling was. It was OBVIOUS that Gebura and Binah wanted to throw down again, the only reason why that doesn't happen is that Binah sees no point in fighting someone that is just lashing out. The fire that Binah saw before wasn't there, and therefore... she simply didn't try to start something with the red Sephirah.

I have the distinct feeling that Trigger and the Manager try to hide what they feel about each other, and I don't want to find out what happens if they make their animosity a more obvious affair.

Thinking of Binah... that woman really is scary, our conversation proves that much, and that there is more than just the 'Arbiter' to her demeanor. I'm not sure if that's a good thing.

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"I'll take your silence as confirmation, shall we begin?"

I glanced up at Binah and was tempted to say no and walk away, yet the mere fact she was bothering with this conversation prevented me from doing so, "So polite, I'd even be flattered if I wasn't aware I had no choice in the matter." Yes, Trigger has definitely been an influence on me.

Binah wasn't bothered at all by my sassy response, I think she actually enjoyed it, "What has shaken your firm belief in this plan?" If I was talking to anyone else, I would have rolled my single eye. She has to know or have a good idea of why, she wouldn't be here otherwise.

"I simply... saw things with a wider perspective, maybe this could help, but never once did we wonder if she'd like what we are doing." I responded, but Binah wasn't fazed, and asked another question without much pause.

"If it is to break the cycle you all abhorred, would it matter what she thinks?" Another question, I feel like there will be many questions today.

This one could be a bit tricky, "I don't want to end the cycle by using the cycle. That just means we changed the cogs of the system, but it will still be there." Or that's what I believe would happen.

I think she would be smiling at my words, "To think that 'Young Man' could even move her faithful followers. Truly an exemplary individual, for someone with a Will of rusted iron, he seems to make others see gold instead." I perked up... rusted iron?

Now that I think about it, his vibrant smile seems... worn, "What do you mean?" I questioned with more heat than was needed. I felt something terrifying staring back at me that quickly vanished, right still an Arbiter...

"He has the potential, but to build himself from nothing, he would have to pick the scraps handed to him. Should he clean the rust? Or find the prime material? I'm eager to see his progress." She spoke like she knew him better than most, and by how observant she usually is... I'd believe her.

"What makes you so certain of this?" I didn't ask because I doubted her. Binah, even with my lack of interactions with her, didn't seem like a liar. Mainly because the truth often hurts you more than a lie, and that she didn't seem like the type that saw any reason in lying...

Of course, she will try her hardest to be wordy and make you miss what she is saying.

Why do I have the feeling she would be giving me a face splitting smile right now? "Experience is a great teacher." And then she just left, nothing else to say.

I was too busy pondering her... very eye-opening words. First and foremost, Trigger is better at hiding his issues than I thought he'd be able to. Binah seems to allude to the fact that Trigger lacks memories. Many of his actions suddenly make more sense, he listens too much to gossip, mainly about anything that involves the City. He reads our admittedly outdated books about it, there was no reason to bring any new information of the City underground after all.

The former Arbiter also revealed a bit about her circumstances. I know Kali managed to kill her, but I NEVER found out why 'A' decided to make her a Sephirah, but this links to something I wondered before. How did we become a Wing? No one knew fully well how to do that, yet 'A' managed to do so in a relatively short amount of time. Did he get the information out of Binah... by forcefully removing it from her brain?

It would explain some things... but it's just conjecture at this point. Even then, I now know that Binah could either make or break our revolution.

No pressure right?

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Nothing can ever be easy...

I opened the compartment of my 'room' and started wriggling out from the spot in the wall. I started to run towards Training, time to put all the chips on the table.

Someone had to put Trigger somewhere safer... maybe Yang's chamber?

Yeah, that could work.

Let's go!