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[The audio clicks on with the groan of someone waking up. That someone is evidently Saber, judging by the tired voice that speaks next.] Where am I...?

Oh, you're up? [Ryuunosuke sounds chipper as usual.] That's good! I wasn't sure how bad you were last night.

[A little hesitantly.] Ryuunosuke? Why are you here?

I think a better question is why you got knocked out by Shadows last night and I had to bring you somewhere else before anything bad happened. You should be more careful~ What if somebody who didn't like you found you like that?

I see. Then I should thank you.

Aww, don't worry about that. It was my pleasure, really. [Click.]

[Responses will come from both Ryuunosuke and Saber.]

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Is there anything I can do? Why didn't you tell me you were going out last night--you know I would gladly have fought with you.

You did not seem up to it.

[ And she wanted to relieve the stress of yet another person from that war coming in. A person who made Lancer react the way he did the night she showed up. ]

I can fight well enough on my own.

I know that you can. I've never once doubted your skill in combat.

Do you believe I would have allowed anything, even Sola, to ever distract me from fighting?

Yes.

...

[He tried not to show it, but that felt like a slap in the face.]

...you would truly believe that anything would keep me from focusing on what I need to do?

You were not yourself.

[ Says the king who hid herself in a bathroom for an entire eve. ]

You were hurt because I could not have been fighting at your side. ...for that failure, I can only give my sincere apologies.

I was hurt because I had been a fool.

You're blaming yourself for this, when I was too distracted to have been by your side? I don't understand.

Recruiting another partner could have been done with ease. I..

[ A pause, almost as though she doesn't want to admit whatever is on her mind. ]

You...what? Saber, if there is something wrong you need only inform me of it.

I had grown used to having someone watch my back was all.

[ A woman who's spent her entire living life watching over her shoulder, parrying with her blade in a way to shield her back at last minute if need be. ]

.. a weakness I will eliminate beginning now.

...Saber, what are you saying?

...Are you truly going to ask me to say it?

[ An edge of a plea along with that statement. ]

...Saber, I-

[He knew, just knew what she was driving at. And for reasons he couldn't begin to articulate, that actually frightened him on some level. But he didn't finish that sentence, mainly because it was admitting something he had never given more than a passing thought to.]

['I don't want to be alone.']

[He was such a coward, wasn't he? Lancer had grown far too used to having Saber nearby so often; yes, he still wished to fight her in an even match, but he realized now more than ever that he'd grown strangely attached to her outside of a battlefield.]

Please, you don't have to-...

[For one who had always felt a measure of loneliness even in a room full of women after his heart, that was significant.]

[But what reason did she have to do anything but push him away? Did...did she think of him the same way Kayneth had? Would she push him away for fear of betrayal? Or...did she truly resent him for cursing the Grail after all?]

[He didn't know what it truly was. Lancer just knew that it hurt.]

...I want to remain at your side. Please, if there is something I've done to upset you this way, I ask that you tell me.

[Where her voice held the ends of a plea, his own held worry and a slight tone of desperation. Saber's presence had become something of a constant reassurance in a way, and losing her now would be not unlike losing part of himself. How was he supposed to atone for all that he'd done wrong in life and as a Servant if he was alone now?]

Edited 2011-09-22 20:41 (UTC)

...You do?

[ There's a distinct amount of surprise even when she says something that should have been so obvious from the start. The rustle of sheets can be heard as she draws the phone in closer to her chest, holding onto it dearly in a way that cannot be seen by the man she addresses. ]

You truly wish to remain at my side? Is there no other place that suits you better?

Absolutely. For as long as I can fight, I wish to do so beside you--whether as your knight or your left hand.

If you believe someone at your back is a weakness, then I will become strong enough to overcome any weakness you or any other could possibly see.

You would do that... all of that... for me?

Without a moment's hesitation.

Why?

[ A pause. ]

Do not answer that now. Think on it and then present your answer to me in a way that is memorable.

...I understand. I'll make sure to do exactly that.

Lancer.. Another thing.

Er...yes, Saber?

... Ensure that it is your side I fall asleep beside tonight.

Of course.

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