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I have spent days with the artifact now. Or has it been weeks? Month? I can no longer be certain...
The others come from time to time - offering food or distraction. They say I should separate myself from these studies... Malik has even suggested I abandon them entirely. But I am not yet ready to turn away. This Apple of Eden will be understood. It must be...
Is it a weapon? Is it a catalogue? Is it somehow both? "He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow..." The philosophy of such a statement I can understand... But for it to be true - literally true? A society that waged wars with ideas and information in place of steel and swords...
Its function is simple. Elementary, even. Dominion. Control. But the process... the methods and means it employs... THESE are fascinating. Those subjected to its glow are promised all that they desire. It asks only one thing in return: complete and total obedience. And who can truly refuse? It is temptation incarnate.
I remember my own moment of weakness when confronted by Al Mualim, my confidence shaken by his words. He, who had been like a father, was now revealed to be my greatest enemy. Just the briefest flicker of doubt was all he needed to creep into my mind. But I vanquished his phantoms - restored my self confidence - and sent him from this world. I freed myself. But now I wonder... Did I really? For here I sit - desperate to understand that which I swore to destroy.
This is why: The Apply has a tale to tell. I sense the flickers of something - great and dangerous... We are all at risk. It is my duty to do something about it. I must not - cannot - turn away until I've found the truth.
我在神器上花了好些日子了，数周？还是数月？我不能确定…
其他人时不时进来，提供食物抑或是使我分心。他们说我太沉迷于这些研究，必须适当休息。马利克甚至建议我彻底放弃，但我还未打算这么做，这个伊甸碎片的秘密必须被解开。
它究竟是…武器？记载体？抑或都是？
“谁增加了知识，便增加了悲伤…”我能理解如此表态的哲学，但对于其真实性，只是字面上的真实？一个社会用理念和信息发动战争而不是钢铁和利刃…
它的功能如此简单而基本：统治和掌控他人。但是其过程…它的方法和手段…这很不可思议。折服于其光芒的人都被许诺可以满足自己的愿望，但它只要求一件回报：完全而绝对的服从。谁又能真正的拒绝？它如同诱惑的化身。
我仍记得当我自己面对阿尔莫林时的恐惧和被他语言所动摇的信心。他，那个曾经像父亲般的人，现在却变成我最大的敌人。只是短暂闪过的疑虑，他渐渐出现在我脑海中，令我战栗。但我克服了他的幻象，重拾自己的信心，并将他送离这个世界，解放了自己。可是现在我想知道，我真的做到了么？现在我呆坐在这里——绝望地理解了曾发誓要摧毁的东西。
这便是为什么，伊甸碎片还有很多故事要说。我感觉到那些变化无常的事，伟大而又危险…我们都在冒险，这是我的使命，去为其做点什么。我必须不——也不能转身离去，直至找到真相为止。
I have spent days with the artifact now. Or has it been weeks? Month? I can no longer be certain...
The others come from time to time - offering food or distraction. They say I should separate myself from these studies... Malik has even suggested I abandon them entirely. But I am not yet ready to turn away. This Apple of Eden will be understood. It must be...
Is it a weapon? Is it a catalogue? Is it somehow both? "He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow..." The philosophy of such a statement I can understand... But for it to be true - literally true? A society that waged wars with ideas and information in place of steel and swords...
Its function is simple. Elementary, even. Dominion. Control. But the process... the methods and means it employs... THESE are fascinating. Those subjected to its glow are promised all that they desire. It asks only one thing in return: complete and total obedience. And who can truly refuse? It is temptation incarnate.
I remember my own moment of weakness when confronted by Al Mualim, my confidence shaken by his words. He, who had been like a father, was now revealed to be my greatest enemy. Just the briefest flicker of doubt was all he needed to creep into my mind. But I vanquished his phantoms - restored my self confidence - and sent him from this world. I freed myself. But now I wonder... Did I really? For here I sit - desperate to understand that which I swore to destroy.
This is why: The Apply has a tale to tell. I sense the flickers of something - great and dangerous... We are all at risk. It is my duty to do something about it. I must not - cannot - turn away until I've found the truth.
我在神器上花了好些日子了，数周？还是数月？我不能确定…
其他人时不时进来，提供食物抑或是使我分心。他们说我太沉迷于这些研究，必须适当休息。马利克甚至建议我彻底放弃，但我还未打算这么做，这个伊甸碎片的秘密必须被解开。
它究竟是…武器？记载体？抑或都是？
“谁增加了知识，便增加了悲伤…”我能理解如此表态的哲学，但对于其真实性，只是字面上的真实？一个社会用理念和信息发动战争而不是钢铁和利刃…
它的功能如此简单而基本：统治和掌控他人。但是其过程…它的方法和手段…这很不可思议。折服于其光芒的人都被许诺可以满足自己的愿望，但它只要求一件回报：完全而绝对的服从。谁又能真正的拒绝？它如同诱惑的化身。
我仍记得当我自己面对阿尔莫林时的恐惧和被他语言所动摇的信心。他，那个曾经像父亲般的人，现在却变成我最大的敌人。只是短暂闪过的疑虑，他渐渐出现在我脑海中，令我战栗。但我克服了他的幻象，重拾自己的信心，并将他送离这个世界，解放了自己。可是现在我想知道，我真的做到了么？现在我呆坐在这里——绝望地理解了曾发誓要摧毁的东西。
这便是为什么，伊甸碎片还有很多故事要说。我感觉到那些变化无常的事，伟大而又危险…我们都在冒险，这是我的使命，去为其做点什么。我必须不——也不能转身离去，直至找到真相为止。
