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I-if anyone has a moment, I'm having a small problem. [This was the understatement of the millennium.]

I'd like to ask how...h-how...er...forgive me, I am having some trouble articulating things today. [Diarmuid adjusted the glasses he wore, seeming hesitant to look directly at the camera at first.]

Imagine one that...has gone through life without anger or hatred. This individual had never felt spite, resentment, or even a shred of those kind of things. He did all he could to put others and their happiness before himself and his own, finding contentment and joy in doing so. But after a certain point, that person...he found someone that did something so deplorable that it left that person filled with rage and spite.

He found someone that he hated. And no matter how he tried, that person could not simply forgive what was done to earn that hatred.

I beg of you, Prospero. Someone please tell me how that person can go back to the way he was. Before he could feel anger and spite, back when he could still grant forgiveness.

[Diarmuid looked away for a moment; he was unsure, even worried.]

Fionn, Grainne-- [Gods, what would they think of him when they knew?] ...there is something I have not yet told you. Forgive me for not doing so until now.

Arturia... [Another pause. She had been there when he had died, she knew the horrible rage he had unleashed that day. Cursing her, Kayneth, Kiritsugu, even the Grail itself. Again he worried that she must secretly detest such a hateful spirit.] When you have the time...I would like to speak with you. Please.

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...I'm sorry, Edgeworth. [He couldn't think of anything else to say. This was a considerable thing to bear even for a knight, and he could scarcely imagine what it took for a civilian to live with it.]

[Edgeworth seems unable to acknowledge Diarmuid's comment, continue, or indeed do anything but sniffle and struggle to hold back sobs.]

Grainne, I don't want anyone fighting him. I told you because you had a right to know, not because I wished to ask anyone to fight him on my behalf.

Edited 2012-01-09 23:19 (UTC)

Damned if I know. That's up to you. You never said what made you that angry to begin with, so it's hard to say.

... [Cautiously, Diarmuid again tried to place a light hand on Edgeworth's shoulder. What else could he do? There was little if any comfort he could think to offer, having been raised by a loving foster father. He couldn't even imagine losing him in such a way.]

Good. Good then. Please, take care. I'd like to see you again. Perhaps even in person, next time.

[This time, Edgeworth is too far gone for his shoulder's reaction to the touch to be anything but halfhearted. He's shaking, and with one hand seems to be fumbling for something in an inner coat pocket.]

...you're not alone, Edgeworth. If nothing else, I can offer you that much as consolation.

[ A sigh. It almost looks like he's getting as irritated with this as Lancer sounds. His common issue solvers have been little help, so maybe it's time for--

AHA. Confident smirk go. ]

I'll kill him for you.

[Edgeworth shakes his head weakly, then finally pulls out what he's been fumbling for -- a handkerchief, which he uses to dry his eyes as he continues to sniffle and choke.]

[Diarmuid didn't say anything further, patiently waiting for Edgeworth to regain his composure.]

[It only takes a couple of minutes for Edgeworth to calm down enough to attempt to tell the story further.]

Th-that... is the context. I... I deeply admired my father. Th-the events that came n-next... s-seemed calculated to s-spit upon his memory.

[In other words, we're getting into the hate part now.]

Please, go ahead. I'm listening.

The police... investigated the scene of the crime for months to little avail. In the end, their desperation was so great that... they secretly consulted a spirit medium in their attempt to find a direction, despite the reality of such things not being accepted in the justice system and the risk of a fraudulent performance even were such things to exist. She was to channel Father so that he might provide his testimony.

[The disgust that was evident in the words "spirit medium" spreads to more words as Edgeworth continues.]

The accusation that emerged was against Yanni Yogi. Through what I can only assume was forgery, a case against the bailiff mysteriously formed, and a mockery of a trial occurred. In the end, no one was found guilty of the crime -- not because of the evidence faltering under scrutiny, but because the defense attorney, Robert Hammond, sidestepped the matter. He argued for having Yanni Yogi declared brain-damaged by the deprivation of oxygen -- not guilty by reason of insanity.

...And what would that be?

[Yeah, he's just going to shoot that question.]

...things happened after my death that you don't yet know about.

...

[Perhaps he heard it wrong.

But perhaps he didn't.

STILL, he thought that Diarmuid's death would be the end of his tales.]

What.

I know, I know. It sounds insane.

...Perhaps it is not as mind-boggling as my existence here.

[...hopefully.]

After I died, I was summoned through magecraft to fight in a war for an artifact that could grant wishes and create miracles. Famed individuals like ourselves have the capability to be summoned into one of seven Servant classes to fight alongside the Master that called them.

Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker. I was summoned into the class of Lancer by a magus named Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi.

...Which meant that this Kayneth person was your lord in the war.

[Stating the obvious.]

[He glanced away at that, looking uneasy.]

...unfortunately.

[Noting his uneasiness.]

...Do you wish to talk of this matter face-to-face?

...please. My room number is 607. Or I could meet you somewhere, whichever you find preferable.

The tavern, let us meet there.

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