she didn't mean it the same way, and perhaps she never would, rider understands. in some way, she knows, too, that her master sees her as a threat rather than a true ally now, but rider hears those words and they strike her like kindle to her black fire.
shousetsu stands before her as a model for humanity, an experiment in true righteousness, and though she never sought reason to question it, rider sees now that that shining purity is one that can never be sullied. even after their defeat, even after revealing her servant revealed her true intentions,
"then, what you mean to tell me is—"
shousetsu's spirit burns aflame with conviction. she remains a pillar, standing against the world's wrongs. if neither of one of them is capable of change, and they continue on this trajectory,
"... that this path was inevitable?"
for she knows her master, and knows that no matter the heartbreak, the tragedy, she still stand against this corrupted world again and again.
a small tut escapes her at those orders, so familiar yet estranged, now.
but still, rider will obey, and she doesn't allow shousetsu to escape too far. ]
As you wish.
[ the animal billows, startled back onto its hindlegs as its trapped by the jagged rock. rider lands just outside of the barrier, and over the sound of the beast's trumpeting, she speaks, ]
Leave this to me, my liege. I'll take care of the rest.
[ old habits die hard, and even if she understands enough about this world to suspect that her master's condition has been stabilized for the time being, rider is a single force, and her strength is made so her lord need not lift a finger against a threat so small. ]
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she didn't mean it the same way, and perhaps she never would, rider understands. in some way, she knows, too, that her master sees her as a threat rather than a true ally now, but rider hears those words and they strike her like kindle to her black fire.
shousetsu stands before her as a model for humanity, an experiment in true righteousness, and though she never sought reason to question it, rider sees now that that shining purity is one that can never be sullied. even after their defeat, even after revealing her servant revealed her true intentions,
"then, what you mean to tell me is—"
shousetsu's spirit burns aflame with conviction. she remains a pillar, standing against the world's wrongs. if neither of one of them is capable of change, and they continue on this trajectory,
"... that this path was inevitable?"
for she knows her master, and knows that no matter the heartbreak, the tragedy, she still stand against this corrupted world again and again.
a small tut escapes her at those orders, so familiar yet estranged, now.
but still, rider will obey, and she doesn't allow shousetsu to escape too far. ]
As you wish.
[ the animal billows, startled back onto its hindlegs as its trapped by the jagged rock. rider lands just outside of the barrier, and over the sound of the beast's trumpeting, she speaks, ]
Leave this to me, my liege. I'll take care of the rest.
[ old habits die hard, and even if she understands enough about this world to suspect that her master's condition has been stabilized for the time being, rider is a single force, and her strength is made so her lord need not lift a finger against a threat so small. ]