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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Like cures for diseases. Humanity's totally gotten rid of polio and smallpox.

[...]

Well... if they're so good, why haven't then cured them all?

Because it takes time. Do you have any idea how more complex something like AIDS is than a chicken pox virus?

...I have better things to do than worry about... weird diseases!

[That's a no.]

Then you don't understand. You still have some growing up to do.

There's a difference between understanding and growing up!

Not in this case. You can't understand until you become more mature.

[Defensively,] There are some things that amount of "maturing" could ever make you understand!

...Maybe if it were two years ago. You'd be surprised at what's happened.

Oh, let me guess. You bonded with some furry monster and it taught you the true meaning of friendship and now you're incredibly wise.

Tch. Don't make me laugh.

I wish it had been that easy. It was so rough and surreal that you wouldn't believe it if I told you.

[After all, who'd believe someone fought against himself in a swordfight?]

[Flatly,] Try me.

[Considering she comes from a world that uses ancient mythological weapons activated by singing to defeat monsters that turn people into carbon...]

...What, right now?

What's the matter? Are you too scared of me? Heh.

Why would I be scared of a child?

I'm stronger than most of the people here.

[...Or so she assumes.]

I've been here for almost two years. I promise you I'm stronger.

That doesn't count! It's just your stupid monsters that are stronger.

This place messes with stuff! If I could still activate it, then...

Oh, that.

[Of course, Shirou is geared toward one thing with his abilities.]

There's more to things than strength.

[So he's going to try this.]

Yeah, like speed, balance, strategy, and aim... I know all that.

Other stuff. Like when not to fight.

Picking your battles?

Don't mock me. Do you think I'm an idiot? I know how to pick my targets.

That's not what I'm talking about. Sometimes you can solve problems with words instead of blades. You can save a lot of problems with that.

[Darkly,] ...Liar.

Humans can't understand each other. All we do is kill each other. Words can't solve anything.

You're wrong. I once got through to a person I was fighting against with my words.

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