Do you think it's possible for someone who craves battle to be able to live during peaceful times? That they can ignore those urges for the sake of being kind?
there's something in uruha's expression that suggests this hits a bit close to home.]
I think... for those who find fulfillment on the battlefield, for whatever reason, a part of them might always be left there—that they may never fully integrate into a peaceful society.
But I also believe that even in such a society, there are other things that a person can find. It might never be quite the same, but there is more to the world than battle.
I'm something called a Heroic Spirit. Ah, basically it's like...
[ a pause that is clearly them trying to figure out how to explain fate mechanics. ]
Heroic Spirits are basically people who usually made some sort of impact in life, whether it was historically or culturally. I was summoned as one after my initial death to participate in something called the Waxing Moon ritual, which is how I met Iori. I was partnered with him. It's basically a battle to the death to compete for the grand prize of a wish.
But anyway, when we get summoned, the way we manifest doesn't seem to be an exact copy of how we were in death. If we were, I'd seem much older.
the look of someone who's wondering if oh shit he's been disrespectful towards his elder and possible important hero in his culture or osmething by not using honorifics]
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[it still exists during conflict, of course, but adversity has a way of trying to destroy it.]
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... yes. It's a same that we don't have that right now.
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I know you don't really like to be asked this, but... are you all right, Saber?
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[ they grimace a bit.
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Do you think it's possible for someone who craves battle to be able to live during peaceful times? That they can ignore those urges for the sake of being kind?
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there's something in uruha's expression that suggests this hits a bit close to home.]
I think... for those who find fulfillment on the battlefield, for whatever reason, a part of them might always be left there—that they may never fully integrate into a peaceful society.
But I also believe that even in such a society, there are other things that a person can find. It might never be quite the same, but there is more to the world than battle.
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[ sorry that they keep accidentally hitting your pings, uruha. ]
You sound like it's a topic you've thought about before.
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And the transition period has been difficult?
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But I wouldn't say that I've ever had the same sense of purpose as I did then, when I could fight for someone's sake.
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I am... jealous, of people who live peacefully.
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[a question, but more of a statement.]
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[ so, they can't actually say. heaven was supposed to be it, and look where they are with that. ]
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... Well, I hope you've enjoyed the moments here that aren't horrible.
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[ that's a lot of ignoring, but. ]
Have you made friends here?
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You sound like a parent or a teacher when you ask that.
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[ they are just also very full of whimsy. ]
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[ hmmm ]
I was in my 40's when I died the first time...? But my Saint Graph is definitely much younger than that... so I'm not really sure...
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... What's a Saint Graph?
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[ a pause that is clearly them trying to figure out how to explain fate mechanics. ]
Heroic Spirits are basically people who usually made some sort of impact in life, whether it was historically or culturally. I was summoned as one after my initial death to participate in something called the Waxing Moon ritual, which is how I met Iori. I was partnered with him. It's basically a battle to the death to compete for the grand prize of a wish.
But anyway, when we get summoned, the way we manifest doesn't seem to be an exact copy of how we were in death. If we were, I'd seem much older.
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there's a lot to unpack here, but:]
... Yeah, I was thinking you don't look your age.
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[ they will simply be babied by everyone while being non-anime older than them it's fine. ]
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the look of someone who's wondering if oh shit he's been disrespectful towards his elder and possible important hero in his culture or osmething by not using honorifics]
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