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So you really were a Master in your Holy Grail War.

[ Even if he's never told her that before, somehow she knows. Isn't that look of arrogance just something he wants to smack right off her face? ]

That other man--he broke a rule of some kind, didn't he?

Of course I was. How else would I have known much of anything about it?

[Frowning, Waver was faintly confused for a moment. Unless she meant...]

Do you mean all of Archer's swords? [Usually a Servant had one Noble Phantasm, maybe two and very rarely three. Archer, however....every sword he fired like missiles was a Noble Phantasm in its own right, and that was unheard of.]

That's right.

[ She might not show it often, but here she draws out the most obvious contradiction of the scene she just witnessed. ]

I recognized some of those weapons from other legends. What kind of man is capable of holding swords from different points of history and the world?

I didn't understand it at first either. I doubt I need to point out the obvious to you, but all of them were Noble Phantasms of some level. That shouldn't be possible.

[Waver pressed a hand to his forehead, appearing at once exhausted and in deep thought.]

...He had to have been Gilgamesh. There's no other option--not with that weapon he used. The anti-world Noble Phantasm that destroyed Ionian Hetairoi.

Edited (who the fuck knows how to spell anything in this goddamn series) 2013-08-30 22:02 (UTC)

More importantly, why would he use a technique like that and let someone walk away?

[ She means you, Waver. ] Once you know your opponent's identity, that's it for them. You know what to anticipate when they attack and there's no way they can gain any sort of footing on you. He may as well signed away his right to victory by allowing you to see another day.

That doesn't match up with the legend of Gilgamesh at all.

[he knows what you mean dammit]

He...got along strangely well with Rider, actually. [Considering Rider invited the little shit to a party and said little shit actually showed up...] I'd probably say they respected each other. Besides, that close to the end of the war there's really no threat in a Master without a Servant.

I'm telling you, there's no way anyone but him would have a sword called Ea or an attack called Enuma Elish. I'm not saying it makes sense that I'm still alive, but I'm certain I've got his identity right.

Gilgamesh isn't the only figure associated with ancient Babylonian texts, Velvet-san. [ Shaking her head. ]

Whew, it must have been intimidating just to stand in his presence. You know that he's part god, don't you? It isn't the same as controlling a demigod--[ She sounds almost experienced at that. ]--or a true hero.

Alexander the Great against Gilgamesh... well, it was only obvious he would fail. A conqueror can't stand up against a god. What were you doing picking a fight with such a powerful Heroic Spirit?

[Oh hell fucking no.]

...Don't, Tousaka. Just stop right there and change the subject. I'm not kidding.

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Not until you explain it to me.

[ What's that, continue to pry where she shouldn't? ] You two weren't the last ones in the war or else you would have looked more upset.

[Waver took a breath and ground his teeth together, summoning up all the patience he could in order to continue.]

I gave up being his Master just before that fight. I knew I wasn't strong enough to see the war through to the end...so I told him to fight on without me. It was Rider that decided I should stay by his side and finish things.

You're lucky. [ Does she sound a bit colder than usual? ]

The moment you accept defeat is the moment you lose. You can't ever falter, understand that? If you think for a second that there's no chance at winning, you've just opened up that chance with your doubt!

I know I shouldn't be alive right now, I'm not stupid. The fact that I'm still breathing is because of Rider and my own luck. And I hate to say it, but you're right and I know it.

[Waver hesitated as though putting his sentiments in order before speaking again.]

I'm not like you, Tousaka. You must have known everything you were getting into from the start--I didn't. I'm not a great and powerful magus like the Tohsakas of my world, I was desperate and I walked into something that was more than I could have prepared for.

I know that.

[ A light laugh. ] You're just like her. Pathetic, hopeless, and you had no idea what you were getting into. Honestly, people like you deserve to lose!

But she won so what does that say to you?

...

It says I'm still too weak.

The weak don't stand alongside conquerors, Velvet-san.

Then I'll just have to get stronger. Isn't that the obvious solution?

How will you go about doing that? [ Curiously asking. ]

...I'm not sure yet. If I was called here and even given a crest, something here must think I have some kind of potential. There's no way it's completely hopeless.

And I can't--I won't disappoint him. I have to be as worthwhile as Rider believed I was.

That's right. So I won't stand around and tolerate you being so down on yourself.

[ If he doesn't have a Rider, he can have a Rindere instead. ]

Wow, that's pretty forward of me. I better be careful or else you might actually think I have a crush on you!

[wow he was not expecting something so....supportive.]

L-like I'd be insane enough to think something so ridiculous?!

You still owe me a date. [ Mood whiplash time. ]

Like hell I do!

[here we go again]

Your king would command it if he was here!

He bloody well would not!

[...oh god he would]

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