That's true... if you're being influenced and fall to it, is that really you failing? It's so easy to say you're falling victim to your sins, but that situation would have never happened if you weren't placed there.
It doesn't provide a place where we can focus much on ourselves, does it. Which I thought to be the point of all this. [ ... ] Saber, I find myself curious - and of course, you can tell me to mind my own business, but... what were you doing when you died?
Higher stakes. I suppose it is just safe to say that it was not difficult for me to believe that I had died. The only surprising part of this story is where I ended up.
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they will wander over, pausing when they spot him. ]
Am I interrupting?
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[ his ear flicks, and he glances in their direction. ]
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... this is not a bad place to get stuck at on Thursday. It was pretty comfortablw.
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[ a pause, and they will take off their shoes and roll up their pants. hot spring time... ]
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I enjoy his company, so by that logic, I think it's only right to say I enjoy yours as well. Even when times are stressful, and tensions are high.
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[ they mutter, embarrassed. saber clears their throat, and then speaks more normally: ]
But I do think it's good to take a break. Tomorrow is going to be even more stressful.
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It will be. I imagine it'll be the same as last week, and we'll be watching Anders go through a very difficult trial.
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... how did that feel?
[ the way i wasn't around sunday so i guess saber was just 'well too awkward to ask now' ]
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Are you asking about my emotions, or the amplified ones? [ wryly. ]
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I assure you I don't often feel that way. [ a beat. ] Often.
[ this is a joke ]
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[ also joking. ]
... that really is problematic though. I am not a fan of not being in real control of your own body, but I'm sure no one is.
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I do wonder how they expect us to fairly reach redemption if they deem it fair to just force us to fail.
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The angels tell me that none of this was planned, but I don't know. I'm just a little too suspicious for something like that.
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It doesn't provide a place where we can focus much on ourselves, does it. Which I thought to be the point of all this. [ ... ] Saber, I find myself curious - and of course, you can tell me to mind my own business, but... what were you doing when you died?
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... I had just fought someone. I was in the middle of what was basically a kind of tournament, and it was the final battle of it.
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