[That did it. Using Sukukaja to enhance his speed, in what is comparable to an improved version of Time Alter, Kiritsugu dashes towards Shirou in an attempt to subdue him with a punch to the head. Kiritsugu knows this is a stupid move. By all rights, he should simply shoot the Shadow and be done with it. While Caliburn is undoubtedly capable of blocking bullets, Shirou would also need the appropriate reflexes to do so.]
[But he can't. Even if the person in front of him isn't his son, it's still hardly different from that dark vision that culminated the War. Kiritsugu told himself he wouldn't be so quick to discard his loved ones for others after his encounter with the Grail. Not when he has so little left to lose.]
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[That did it. Using Sukukaja to enhance his speed, in what is comparable to an improved version of Time Alter, Kiritsugu dashes towards Shirou in an attempt to subdue him with a punch to the head. Kiritsugu knows this is a stupid move. By all rights, he should simply shoot the Shadow and be done with it. While Caliburn is undoubtedly capable of blocking bullets, Shirou would also need the appropriate reflexes to do so.]
[But he can't. Even if the person in front of him isn't his son, it's still hardly different from that dark vision that culminated the War. Kiritsugu told himself he wouldn't be so quick to discard his loved ones for others after his encounter with the Grail. Not when he has so little left to lose.]
[So why?]
[Why? Why? Why does this keep happening?]