wontdieifkilled | Thirty-Fourth Projection

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Thirty-Fourth Projection

[Audio; Action for Violet City]

[Now that the weather has cleared up, Shirou is outside and laying down on the grass, near the pond on the northern edge of town. After thinking for a while, he decides to muse a bit.]

You know...I've never had a mother figure before. I don't remember my birth mother. I had a father figure and a big sister figure, but that was all I had growing up. I used to try to ignore this day when it came, because there was no point in observing it and there was no point in dwelling on it.

So to finally get one now...it's strange. It just feels different. I'm eighteen years old -- though I guess I'm still seventeen back home -- and now I have someone who I should have had all my life.

Well, better late than never, I guess.

[Video; filtered to Irisviel]

Hey, I sent you a package. Did you get it yet?

[Said package is a brand new umbrella. It's pure white, with silver trim, and it's high-quality.]

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You're very lucky.

I know it can't make up for those earlier years, but at least you can do something about it now, right?

[She sounds beyond wistful at this point. The memories she has left of her own mother are beyond hazy at this point worn away by years and GF use.]

Yep. I'm going to make the most of this opportunity while I've still got it!

That's the spirit! I'm really happy for you and your mom.

Thanks. It's nice to hear that. I'm hoping we'll have plenty of time together.

I think this is the first time I've heard anyway say that since I've been here.

You have a thing for making "buts" out of anything good that happens to you, Shirou!

[ Like being lovely dovely with your girlfriend. ]

Really? No one here has thanked you?

What? Hey! That isn't true! There's nothing conditional about the way I feel about you!

You suddenly decided this was about me, huh?

But a-anyway [ Let's not go there yep. ]

Just be nice to your mother.

I'm just saying, it's true.

Yeah, I will. That's for certain.

Okay then, good.

Th-then...do something nice for me?

...Yeah. Sure. It's been a while. Since the weather's finally cooperating, how about an outdoor lunch once we get to Azalea Town? I'll cook.

Okay, sounds good to me.

[ Scoring big points over here. ]

Then it's a date! I'm already looking forward to it.

That's not exactly what I meant. It's just that most people here can't seem to wait to go back even if they don't say so outloud.

--Oh. Well, that doesn't apply to me because my reason for going home is here with me. I don't need to go home yet.

I guess you're even luckier than I'd thought.

When you put it that way, I think you're right. I never thought about it like that before.

With everything that's been going on lately, you probably haven't had a lot of time to think about it.

Maybe, but it's not like they just arrived, either. It's been over a month now.

[She's not to be deterred.]

That's okay, sometimes it just takes us a while to realize just how much we really have.

I guess so. That's why we need to see perspective every now and then.

I don't see anything proving me wrong!

The burden of proof is on the accuser, not the accused. Innocent until proven guilty.

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