Imagine, Reader defyes death multiple times during the endless cycles of lobotomy corporation and later as a librarian in Library with nothing but sheer will power alone, do the point of surving deep wounds or being out right mutilated to point of being near unrecognizable.
One day when binah and Reader have tea, she asked what is behind the reason of their death defying will?
The reason? Reader knew that their death would make Binah sad and they don't want that.
Binah pauses, teacup halfway to her lips. her gaze flickers to you. away from the pastries and sugar cubes, towards that smile she loves so dearly. you're right. she knows you are. the countless nights she's spent awake, in agony from the mere thought. the simple concept of your death, even within the cycles of the facility, the pages of the Library. your body, mangled. bones crushed and blood splattered on the walls. she's seen it before, with others. those she let fall to complete her duties, watching without a word. an Arbiter, a Sephirah, a Patron Librarian. everything she's seen- yet you still stared right into her soul, that heart hidden behind layers of ice.
how long had it been, since someone had given thought to her happiness?
the cup lowers, chiming against its saucer as her hand raises. cupping your cheek, trembling. tracing the remnants of scar tissue and gash marks. wounds you never should have survived. she never told you to live, to push through the pain- you did it yourself. simply because your death would weigh on Binah's weary shoulders.
her eyes gleam with a hint of moisture, pulling you closer, into her arms. a reminder that you're still here. through stubbornness and your unshakeable, iron will, an undying flower blooming beneath a waterfall. she presses a kiss to your hair. another. another. until she's weeping silently, cradling your head in her hands.
affection clings to every word. the Arbiter's chains finally crumble to dust, revealing a golden core restitched with soft threads and gentle fingers.
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