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[ex_cashcow493]

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[ Enjoy the sight of what appears to be the tongue of a feline licking at the lens with the start of this call. After a few laps, it'll be discarded on the floor to show a hotel room with a few boxes scattered around. Boxes of green and red, containers of ornaments and the sort. A lion cub pounces on one of them in the distance (presumably the one who was gnawing on the phone earlier), earning the attention of it's master.

It's master who was knelt before a tree barely over two feet tall with an ornament in hand. Glancing lazily towards the cub, she has a distant look in her eyes. A solemn appearance as always, Saber moved to hook the tiny figure on a barren branch. Letting her hands fall to her side, her gaze focuses on the tree as she refuses to move. Seemingly lost in her thoughts, she remains solitary until the video feed times out. ]

☙TEXT;

[ A couple hours after midnight, Saber will use her phone once more. ]

Is it acceptable to give a gift to someone with whom you may not be on good terms with? The concept of this holiday is not entirely lost on me. However, I do not wish to offend. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[croibhristeoir]

And I could say the same to you.

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[ex_cashcow493]

The difference between you and I is that I have no desire to speak.

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[croibhristeoir]

...why? Do you not trust me?

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[ex_cashcow493]

I trust you.

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[croibhristeoir]

Then will you not trust me enough to speak of what troubles you?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Where do I start? Betraying my beloved by falling for another briefly? What of that kiss? I cannot vanquish such thoughts for they have happened and they must be remembered so that I cannot shame him further.

[ A pause. ]

Kiritsugu was right to distrust me.

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[croibhristeoir]

That's not true.

You are the most honorable, selfless, beautiful, and prideful knight it has ever been my honor to meet. One moment of weakness brought on by magic invalidates nothing. Emiya should understand that, and he is a fool if he does not.

Now please, I will not allow anyone to speak poorly of one I so highly respect. Not even if it is you speaking of yourself.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Then I will do you a favor.

[ Letting go of the lion, the phone is flipped around towards her lap as she tugs at it.

Then the disconnection.

Maybe someone shouldn't have taught her how to pull the battery of this device out. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

[Sigh.]

[Guess who's knocking on your door not long after?]

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ Damn it. Foiled again by smarts.

Fine, fine. She'll answer the door this time with a small pout to her face. ]

I do not believe this is the appropriate course of action, Diarmuid.

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[croibhristeoir]

If it is wrong to wish to console a friend in need of help, then I will gladly be wrong in doing this.

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[ex_cashcow493]

I do not need help though.

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[croibhristeoir]

You're upset, and I am the one at fault for things as they are now. Should I not be doing something to repair this?

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[ex_cashcow493]

No.. it is all my fault.

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[croibhristeoir]

That's not true.

Please. Let me come in and we can at least discuss it.

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[ex_cashcow493]

What is there to discuss?

[ Turning, she leaves the door open for him. ]

I betrayed the two people I care for in this world. I am not fit to breathe the air provided to me, much less to be in your presence.

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[croibhristeoir]

...you're wrong.

[He walked in and shut the door, looking serious.]

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[ex_cashcow493]

Doubtful.

[ Don't a Sir Pounce-A-Lot doing what he does best at Lancer's feet. ]

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[croibhristeoir]

Not even you are infallible, Arturia.

[He knelt down and put a light hand on the lion's head--hey there, pain in the ass, he totally missed you.]

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[ex_cashcow493]

If I had thought this through.. then none of it would have occurred.

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[croibhristeoir]

Stop. Please, just stop and listen to me for a moment.

No matter what you may think, what happened with my Shadow was neither your responsibility nor your fault. I beg of you to trust me on that.

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[ex_cashcow493]

I cannot take back my words, my thoughts, nor my feelings. I refuse to deny them. Is that not what started this mess? The denial of one's true feelings..

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[croibhristeoir]

Stop it, please--! Y-you can't....it was all the curse, wasn't it?! It doesn't matter anymore, you can't...

We can't do this, Arturia. I can't be in love with you and you can't...Please. I'm begging you, don't let me do this a second time.

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[ex_cashcow493]

You do not have to be in love with me.

[ It's as simple as that. Even if the Shadow of Diarmuid had a weaker hold on her, it was one still present in her life. Would it remain like so for the rest of eternity? It's hard to tell, isn't it? Does a curse ever fade? ]

Unrequited love is part of my history after all. [ Boy does that curse bring out the bitterness in people. ] Please do not concern yourself with my well being.

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[croibhristeoir]

Arturia...

[He stared straight at her, a pained and stricken look in his eyes.]

...I am in love with you. I think I have been for quite some time. I would ask nothing of you save only for your forgiveness.

Do not allow me to break apart another couple. Not again.