Bound
"I-I s-sswear on my Soul that I will keep the secrets shared within this room until the day Branch Leader Yoshiko grants me permission to share them with others. I will uphold the integrity of this Oath, bound by my word and my Soul. Should I disclose any information, may my Soul shatter into fragments and vanish from existence."
From the stuttering in the old-sounding woman's… no, at this point, Yoshiko doubted the woman was even old; judging from her tender hand she should be young. Most likely no older than Lucian.
But that was beside the point.
It was the same poisonous Oath. The same Oath that promised certain permanent extinction.
Reincarnation was a topic many on Arcadia held onto in hopes they would continue to live, even if their memories were wiped in their next life.