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themainframe2013-08-30 08:03 am
velveteenmage) wrote in themainframe2013-08-30 08:03 am
♔ 006; [video]
[The video switches back to reality with Waver looking pale and a little sick. He immediately cuts off the D-Terminal as Palmon can be heard asking him if he's going to faint.]
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[She's shaking her head, but it might feel -- and appear -- like more nuzzling. Right now, she's shaking, from the sobs. Her body's never had to put up with anything like them...her usual one or this one. She shakes it again, and again, no, that's not alright.]
I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry, I'm so sorry.
[She can't get anything else out.]
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[Waver didn't know how to deal with people (or cats in this case) on a good day. Crying ones were only more mystifying.]
It's not your fault.
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That doesn't matter! [Her ears are pressed against her head and her voice is hitched.]
It's still not... That's not fair, it's not!
[Even if she doesn't understand the battle, she can even tell that.]
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Whether it's fair or not doesn't really matter. No--I was lucky. Defeated Masters don't usually survive at all.
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[Waver hesitated, but his voice was steady when he did continue.]
It's a lot of complicated magic that's hard to explain, but Servants like Rider and Archer...they don't have any recollection of past summoning. If they're defeated in one war and then called into another, it's like hitting a reset button. Even if I could see him again--which already isn't plausible--he wouldn't know who I was.
So...given that's the most likely alternative, I'm alright with this. As alright as I can be, anyway.
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[She slowly begins to understand this...understand how much this loss must have hit him. She wipes at her eyes with her hands balled up into paw-like-fists.]
That's...cruel. Not even meeting again in the stars-- [She bites down tight on her lip and then grabs his hand with her own, swift and sudden. That's...how humans do this, right?]
I'll be your friend! [It's said with more determination and drive than one would probably imagine.]
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[He met the sudden declaration with genuine confusion and surprise, mouth hanging open as he struggled to figure out how to respond. No one had ever outright offered to be his friend before, much less so insistently.]
You...why?
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Because I want to be! You said you haven't had friends, many, I'm changing that! You're a human, but I don't care about any of that!
Because I'll be your friend.
[She's a very, very social creature. She's grown up in a large group her whole life, and she's isolated herself recently-- and this, all this, has made her realize just what a bad choice that is.]
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[He faltered, looking to the floor.]
I don't...know how friends really act. Rider was the first one I had. But--but I guess if you wanted to, I'd be okay with that.
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I'll teach you! That's what we can study! I'll teach you how friends act around each other.
[Just as quickly as they started, her tears have dried on up. She's determined.]
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[If it was, you'd think Waver would be better at it.]
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It is now. You'll study it, and I'll make sure you get really good at it.
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I guess I could show you how humans usually respond to things like this...it's a little embarrassing, and don't hold it against me if I'm not any good at it.
[With hesitant and mildly shaky motions, Waver put his arms around Hollyleaf in his best attempt at a hug. It was clear Waver wasn't used or accusomed to physical contact, but he was giving it a fair shot for her sake. (And maybe his own.)]
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...Hm. I guess that's one similarity.
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