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Elf:
Emiya

Emiya blinked slowly at the sight before him.

It was oddly fascinating yet oddly disturbing.  There were two girls he knew very well, one he failed to save and one who had saved him.  At least in some versions of reality. 

This is the Nexus.  That Amanda Witch probably has a Grail in her basement that she doesn't know what to do with . . . Even if there isn't a "Holy Grail" there's probably something comparable in power and ability, he thought as he folded his arms across his chest with a brooding scowl.

He adjusted his glasses and said, "This is the Nexus.  I would be more surprised if there wasn't a Grail or something comparable just lying around in someone's basement."

He eyed the Three-In-One, flexed his hands into fists, and said, "Just because I don't have a Grail now doesn't mean I can't get one."

To save Rin, Sakura, and now Tsumiko he would do almost anything, and he had some atrocities riding on his broad shoulders.

SINIB:
Rin

"Heh. Once an idiot, always an idiot." The girl suddenly shrugged her shoulders and chuckled wryly. She put her hands up, palms facing up and shook her head. "But that's what makes you so endearing, Emiyu-Kun."

Elf:
Emiya

Emiya stared at Rin and shrugged.  He replied, "Well, I'm stable enough to keep you out of trouble when  you screw up.  Or rescue you when you've screwed up."

He sighed, his shoulders slumping, and said, "And Rin, it looks like you really screwed up."

SINIB:
Rin

"Peh!" Rin turned her head away from him. He'd really hit a sore spot there. That hurt, hitting a bit too close for comfort.

But he was right. Rin seemed to deflate as her shoulders sagged. She slouched over in a very unrinlike manner before she sighed.

"Yes." She sounded resigned and sad, like she was holding back tears.

Because he was right. If she'd acted differently during the grail war, fought more for Sakura, like Shirou had. If she'd have just realized what really mattered to her, if only it had happened just a little bit sooner...

If only she'd checked on Sakura. She'd known something was wrong, but it just felt so improper at the time. Like it would have been a violation of the ideals her father had cherished to reconnect with her sister or to do anything meaningful to protect her from Shinji.

"Hehehe..."

Rin began to chuckle. No, she'd just been scared. It had nothing to do with anything that complicated. She'd just been a coward too frightened to face her own trauma. And because of that, she'd allowed Sakura to suffer in silence for a decade.

What a goddamned fool she was.

The girl looked up at Archer and frowned. She flicked his forehead suddenly, with his arm. "You made my sister cry, Senpai."

Elf:
Emiya

Emiya blinked as his forehead was flicked.

With what he knew was his own arm.  Which meant he literally was hitting himself.  Which I've done countless times before, but I'm usually the one doing the hitting first, not the other way around, he thought with a frown.

He shook his head and said, "It wouldn't be the first time that I made Rin cry, and it probably wouldn't be the last.  When she shows up again I'll apologize properly."

There, she'll like that, he thought with a nod, knowing all too well how Rin liked to have power over people.  Even if it was subconsciously, she enjoyed having the upper hand.  Which is why he enjoyed pissing her off so much when he was summoned by her, just he had a feeling that he always took it too far.

He leaned forward and gripped Sakura's shoulders lightly and peered down into her eyes.  "Still, I'm going to help the three of you, I promise," he said, "Hell, it would be the first time I actually have a reason to fight for a Grail and not just my self-destructive bullshit."

He gave the shoulder with his arm a squeeze and said, "And besides, this is a ticking time bomb.  It would be a ticking time bomb even if Emiya Shirou was the host.  The three of you aren't compatible spiritually with this.  Hell, at this point in time I would be leery if it was compatible with me, and I don't know how you've kept this body from being skewed by Unlimited Blade Works for eight years."

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