right, well. it isn't as if they're in the library anymore, so fine. )
They don't die.
( at least she doesn't sound like thinking so was a stupid thing, considering she never implied otherwise. of course they thought they were killing them... people from the outside, anyway. she's sure it's different for the sephirah, who were already bound to books by her hand. )
Upon signing the invitation, guests are quantized and copied by The Library to prepare them for becoming books. While they might die in The Library, they don't die completely—rather, their memories and knowledge become ours, while they themselves enter an eternal slumber.
( a beat. )
Or I suppose just a "slumber", seeing as it isn't as eternal as believed. ( so... there. ) I'd say they're essentially good as dead, seeing as none of them were supposed to leave The Library once they entered, but no: technically speaking, on a quantum level, they are not "dead".
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right, well. it isn't as if they're in the library anymore, so fine. )
They don't die.
( at least she doesn't sound like thinking so was a stupid thing, considering she never implied otherwise. of course they thought they were killing them... people from the outside, anyway. she's sure it's different for the sephirah, who were already bound to books by her hand. )
Upon signing the invitation, guests are quantized and copied by The Library to prepare them for becoming books. While they might die in The Library, they don't die completely—rather, their memories and knowledge become ours, while they themselves enter an eternal slumber.
( a beat. )
Or I suppose just a "slumber", seeing as it isn't as eternal as believed. ( so... there. ) I'd say they're essentially good as dead, seeing as none of them were supposed to leave The Library once they entered, but no: technically speaking, on a quantum level, they are not "dead".
( that's that. )