don't even ask me why man

[crabtastic]

Hey, mun! I'm glad you're having fun like this, but I don't think I really get it. There are plenty of other things you could enjoy more; it's not like home was super exciting or anything. [But Shirley IT'S ALWAYS MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES okay no.]

You didn't have to remind me of that... [That said, she stretches her arms behind her, keeping her eyes ever upwards.] But you know, I'm thankful for this. I guess it turned out to be a lie when I said I'd always be with him, so at least like this I might be able to see what sort of person Kerry became after all.

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[answerer_sword]

You would be proud of the heights that he attained as an Enforcer and magus killer. His name is known throughout the magi world.

[crabtastic]

A magus... killer? [UNSURE but she'll focus on what she understands.] Does that mean he was able to continue his father's research? I think we were both looking forward to when he would after all...

[answerer_sword]

I am not sure, but since he works in an area similiar to mine, he probably did not have much time for research before he retired.

[crabtastic]

Before he retired? Mm, that's a shame... Well, I bet he was really good at what he did, right?

[answerer_sword]

Yes, he was one of the best. His methods are unorthodox, but effective.

[crabtastic]

[She laughs lightly.] Unorthodox but effective--yeah, I think I can picture that

[answerer_sword]

He retired many years ago to raise a family. Mostly, he is away dealing with Einzbern family matters, but he seems to have a happy and stable home life.

[crabtastic]

A family, huh? [She giggles.] Yeah, I bet he's made a great father!

[answerer_sword]

I would not know, but his daughter certainly seems like a happy girl.

[crabtastic]

Ohh, do you know what she looks like? I bet she's just as cute as when he was a child.

[answerer_sword]

I have not seen her yet. But if her daughter takes after her, she must be a beautiful woman, if a bit odd in pigmentation.

[puppy_lancer]

By Kerry, you mean this Kiritsugu guy, right? He's lame.

[crabtastic]

No way! Sure his name is a little hard to say, but Kerry's already really great.

[puppy_lancer]

Must have been a different Kiritsugu then. What did yours look like?

[crabtastic]

Well for starters, he was a lot younger! He didn't even reach my eyes, y'know? And he was a little lanky, even though he played around a lot, and he had one of the best smiles around!

[puppy_lancer]

Oh. Then the guy I met definitely wasn't him. For one thing, he was all gloomy and depressed. For another thing, he spends a lot of time...staring into space. Oh, and he's sort of a coward.

[crabtastic]

Yeah, they have to be different. There's no way Kerry's a coward!

[puppy_lancer]

You sound like you knew him very well. Were you his big sister or something? I mean, you look way too young to be his mom, no offense.

[crabtastic]

Haha, no offense taken! I definitely wasn't his mom. But hmm, how to put it... I spent a lot of time with him since I assisted his father with his research, so maybe I am sort of like an older sister figure.

[puppy_lancer]

Man, he was a lucky kid, getting to look at you while growing up.

[crabtastic]

You think so? How come? [/oblivious]

[maguskiller]

[...He expected this, really. Sooner or later. That fact is not making this any easier.]

[He doesn't say anything. He doesn't want her to know what kind of person he became. He now realizes his self from all those years was a mockery of their time together. Of the resolution he received at the cost of her life.]

[It may be selfish, but in all honesty, he'd rather be remembered as the boy he was.]

[crabtastic]

[Frankly, he looks so different it almost frightens her. Change was to be expected, but somehow... Not like this. She wasn't expecting something like this. Still, she manages the best smile she can.]

... you've really grown up, haven't you. [She even uses her hand to measure any height difference.] Really grown up actually.

[maguskiller]

[Kiritsugu gives a broken smile, but it doesn't last. He has twenty years' worth of regrets. Things he wishes he had said back then. Things he wishes he hadn't.]

[And yet, despite wanting to tell her how she didn't lie, or how her presence defined the rest of his life, he's only capable of looking down at the girl in front of him with a sorrowful look dissimilar from the one she could have seen on his younger self so long ago. Only capable of expressing a simple statement worth more regrets than can be imagined.]

I'm sorry.

Everything that happened. It was because I...

wow these keywords are actually awfully appropriate rn oops

[crabtastic]

['Everything that happened.' She couldn't say she clearly remembered what happened after their last encounter. Or maybe she just didn't want to remember it... Regardless, she shakes her head.]

It's alright. I'm the one who asked something crazy of you after all. [Would she have been happier if he actually did kill her? Probably, yes. But it's not like she didn't realize now how difficult that would have been.]