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[foravalon]

I ask of you, are you my---

[Sabes, honey, hold the phone. It's not 'Master,' it's...]

..."Mun"? I...that sounds rather undignified. If I am to protect you, milady, it is only right that I refer to you by a title more befitting of your station---

[Whoa there! We're not fighting a Grail War here! You'll still have to listen to me, though.]

Then would that not make you my Master?

[No, no! It's still 'Mun'! You'll just...be fighting on behalf of my, er, personal ambitions.]

....Very well. I merely hope that your ambitions are righteous and just.

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[dressofheaven]

And what if they aren't?

[foravalon]

[Have a slight stare, little girl who looks like Iri who she hasn't really met yet (because her mun is...stupid and hasn't gotten that far ahead in her canon yet...!)! But Saber dispels it as mere coincidence---perhaps another Einzbern homunculus---and shakes her head.]

I trust that my...'Mun' will not stray from the path of good. As her knight, I will put my belief in her. But if her motives prove unsavory, I will do everything in my power to come to a compromise with her, and teach her honor. There is always a chance for redemption.

[Except in the case of your father, but we're not going there..]

[dressofheaven]

[What, Saber, did you already forget that time you watched her and her papa playing out in the snow? You know, one of the few decent moments he ever got?]

Charming, Saber. I'm sure she's touched. So when does she plan on starting the shipping?

[So did anyone ever tell you Iri's daughter is a troll?]

[foravalon]

[HEY she totally remembers that it's just

YOU LOOK TOO DAMN YOUNG TO BE THAT SAME TYKE? (also omg that was the one and only time Saber ever saw happiness on Kiritsugu's face....) Anyhow, Saber straightens up all righteously because she's all righteous like that, but---]

I stand by my word. But...'shipping'?

[---y e p you lost her, Ilya. How are you Iri's kid? Iri was nice and sweet and supportive---well okay SOMEONE had to be Daddy's Little Girl....]

I've...never heard of such a term.

[dressofheaven]

[Look, you should know better than anyone about not aging the way you should, miss eternally youthful king.]

Heehee, never? I guess you've got a sharp learning curve ahead, then.

[She inherited Iri's playfulness and adorableness and Kerry's... being a jerk. IT'S NOT A GOOD COMBINATION.]

I just hope they aren't one of the ones who pairs you with my mother... it's annoyingly common, actually.

[Stop trying to steal her mom with your swag, Saber.]

[foravalon]

[UM R U D E she technically doesn't exist on this plane of reality, much less the current time period, so aging is irrelevant! Not that that makes sense but SHH.]

So...

[loading...loading...loading...WAIT WHAT HOW COULD YOU EVER SUGGEST SUCH AN INAPPROPRIATE THING YOU PRECOCIOUS LITTLE GIRL---and her mun is giggling somewhat. Saber actually looks vaguely embarrassed.]

...It is a form of...matchmaking? I assure you, I will not partake in it...nor seduce your mother away from your father. Such shameless misdeeds result in nothing but disgrace.

[Girl, do you not know what went down with Lancelot and Guinevere? DRAMA, and Saber has dealt with more than enough of dat shit kthnx. Still, out of curiosity, because you do look so familiar, little girl---]

If I may...who is your mother?

[dressofheaven]

[Oh yes that perfectly explains it. Except for the whole thing of how you DIED AT 25 AND LOOK 16 AT BEST.]

I'd consider that very reassuring, if it weren't for the fact that I already know you wouldn't. It's the one pulling your strings I have concerns about.

[Ilya, that's enough fourth-wall abuse.]

Fine, but I'll be there to laugh when the shipping memes start.

[Noted.]

But you know my mother, Saber. You know her very well. But perhaps I've been being a bit too coy about this... Let me introduce myself.

[Curtsy like a boss.]

I am Ilyasviel von Einzbern.

[maguskiller]

[They aren't, Kiritsugu thinks. The only thing he sees around is someone who controls the actions of other people for their own satisfaction and glory.]

[Oh. And Saber's mun.]

[foravalon]

[Well. Good greetings to you too, Mr. Whatever-It-Takes. What's done is done, but she'll be damned if her very strange 'Mun' girl turns out to be another you.

Because hooooly hell that would just mean her existence is suffering. All she's got is this:]

I hope that you do not regret what you did, and that you are proud of yourself.

[penisenvy]

[Just glowering at you.]

...This is no Grail War, Father. It is something much less glorious.

[foravalon]

[Speaking of drama...oh, lovely. Have the most expressionless stare ever.]

So it would seem. [She's got Illya trolling her. And you showed up, so...great first impression!!] But that does not lessen my confidence that my...'Mun' will make wise decisions on what to have me do in this...new journey.

[at least she's not considering sex games!]

[penisenvy]

You give those beings too much credit.

[foravalon]

Perhaps. But I am her knight, and I will uphold her honor with my life, if need be.

[A beat, and Arturia's eyes soften only slightly, with the merest glimmer of remorse.]

Is that not what you did for me, Mordred?

[penisenvy]

I could have upheld your honor and so much more, Father.

...Only you had to throw that chance away.

[foravalon]

I did it not because I despised you.

[A slow shake of the head, with a hint of regret.]

You wished for the throne---for your own personal ambitions. A king should not wish for personal gain---a king should wish for the prosperity and longevity of their land. A king is not an individual; a king is the will of the realm, and of the people. I failed in that regard; when this journey ends, I will set things right.

Even if it means we must cross swords once again. But know this---I never once forgot your valor, nor doubted your loyalty to me.

[penisenvy]

[She grits her teeth, and her hands clench into fists.]

Don't say that, Father. Did you even stop to think about whether or not I would have devoted myself to the country? No. You just rejected me. You brought about your own ruin and the ruin of your kingdom.