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[infesting]

I-- I don't think I'll find Lancelot here. You've changed me a lot. I think.. maybe I'm a little bit dizzy..

If.. Lancelot was here.. neither of us would have to be part of the war. Right? And if.. I go there, and he goes there... But would he want to? H-He has a wish. And..

.. The one that's.. there already. He won't know me, will he? He won't.. know me. And I won't.. know anyone else. They're all strangers.


--I should.. just go home..

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[puppy_lancer]

Hey, just look at this as an opportunity for meeting new people, kid.

[infesting]

[ a fidget, staring down at his feet, burying his hands in his shirt. he never knows how to handle people talking to him like this. it's one thing coming from lancelot, because he's kariya's servant. but complete strangers? ]

I.. don't know how.

[puppy_lancer]

...Really? You don't?

[infesting]

[ a small shake of his head. ]

The.. other Masters.. don't really say much to me..

[puppy_lancer]

What about people other than Masters? Friends? Family?

[infesting]

There's my big brother, but I-- I've always known him. He reads me stories sometimes, when I'm really sick.

[puppy_lancer]

...Ah. And what's your name, kiddo? Maybe your brother is already over at that game?

[infesting]

I'm Kariya. I.. don't think he is, though..

[puppy_lancer]

...Kariya? Well...uh...I know a Kariya in the Tower. He's my friend, actually.

[pure_as_snow]

As long as you are kind to others things will be fine.

[infesting]

[ .. oh. ]

Y-You're.. Saber's Master.

[pure_as_snow]

Yes, I imagine you could say that.

[That was what Kiritsugu had intended their foes to think, and there was no need to dispel such thoughts in front of those who may wish to stand in their way.]

[infesting]

Lancelot.. doesn't want to fight her. N-Not really. [ he stares down at his feet, toying nervously with his eyepatch. ] She seems.. nice.

[pure_as_snow]

Indeed she is, Saber is very dear to me and I hate to see her in pain for any reason. But I fear we still must fight for the sake of our dream.

[infesting]

.. Dream.. [ he scrubs his fist over his good eye, nodding. ] I think that's m-maybe what Lancelot fights for, too.

[pure_as_snow]

Do you know what it is that he wishes to ask of the Grail?

[infesting]

[ a small shake of his head. ] It's.. not my place to ask.

[fionnuisce]

So what if you won't know anyone?

[Shrug.]

Generally speaking, the people there aren't so terrible.

[infesting]

[ oh no he's said something wrong. his gaze ducks to his feet and he nods, fingers white-knuckled in his shirt. ]

I-- I'm just.. not used.. to people. I mean.. there's the other Masters, but we don't really.. t-talk.

[fionnuisce]

[...oh honey no :C]

Well...I suppose now might be as good a time as any to get more accustomed to people, don't you think? Once you get used to talking to them, it's not that bad.

[infesting]

[ he offers another small nod. ]

I-- [ he doesn't sniffle, because crying has never helped him before. he does take a shaky little breath, though. ] Just.. wish Lancelot was going to be there.

[ after all, lancelot had promised not to leave him.

after another moment or two, he glances shyly up, not quite brave enough to meet his eyes. ] Y-You.. sort of look familiar.

[fionnuisce]

He...there's a Lancelot there last I knew, but Second Magic being what it is..

[Waver sighed, sitting down to be a little closer to Kariya's eye level.] My name's Waver Velvet. And you're Kariya, right?

[infesting]

.. He's not my Lancelot.

[ and he won't know kariya. but.. maybe it'll be okay. at least some version of lancelot will be there.

his good eye widens in surprise as waver says his name. ] Y-You know my name? [ and then he seems to startle a little as waver's own name registers. ] But--! You're s-so tall.

[fionnuisce]

Still, better than one not being there at all. And he's pretty tolerable, all things considered. You might get along well enough.

[He actually laughed at that, quiet though it might have been.]

I got taller. I was only eighteen when I got involved in the war, and I'll be somewhere around twenty-nine next month.

[infesting]

I'm not.. his master there. I can't give him anything.

[ he fidgets, counting on his fingers quickly. ] That's been a long time. .. Maybe I'll get tall, too, if me and Lancelot live. [ he glances back up again, tugging a little at his eyepatch. ] Maybe.. [ his face goes a little pink, chewing on his lip. ] S-Since there's no Grail War there, um.. [ he trails off, losing his nerve. sure, waver's talking to him, but he's still a grown-up. and he's not kariya's brother or lancelot, so he doesn't have a reason to. ]