Code 003 [video]

[doesnotgetit]

[Filtered to the Sabers]

I have a question for you. Both of you. I hope that's okay.

[Filtered from Extra Saber]

Um... I have a question. And a request. Is it possible to make things in the tower? Food, I mean. I know they provide us with food, but I'd really like to try making something of my own.

[She frets a little, but doesn't hesitate much when she speaks up again.]

... And that's where the request comes in. I was hoping someone would be able to teach me how to make something. A... a cake, to be exact.

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[swordedpast]

Hmm.

[And then, apparently, a topic change!]

Why do you want to make a cake for your friend's birthday, anyway? It's true, birthdays have cakes, but I'm sure you could get someone else to make it around here.

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[doesnotgetit]

Well... because I can't really buy a present. I can't really make things. Baking a cake on my own is the best idea for a present that I have.

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[swordedpast]

Does your friend expect a present?

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[doesnotgetit]

I'm not sure. Maybe? [She's certainly incredibly materialistic, so maybe she is expecting something...] But even if she isn't, I still want to do this.

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[swordedpast]

You don't feel it's an obligation...? Something required of you. To do this for your friend.

Then--tell me. Why are you doing it? Why do anything for her birthday at all? The only person you're responsible for here in the tower is yourself.

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[doesnotgetit]

I'm doing it because she's my friend. My partner. Someone who saved my worthless life many times... I can never repay her for all she's done, but I can at least start by doing something special for her birthday.

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[swordedpast]

But if your life was worthless, was she really doing anything that needs to be repaid?

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[doesnotgetit]

[She nods.] I certainly think so.

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[swordedpast]

Hmph. You make no sense--

[He's about to dramatically drop her name on her, when he realizes he doesn't actually know it. He shuts his mouth, disconcerted.]

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[doesnotgetit]

...? What's wrong?

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[swordedpast]

Jeez, I've offered to let you watch me cook, and I don't even know your name.

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[doesnotgetit]

Oh! [Haha, whoops.]

I'm sorry. My name is Hakuno Kishinami.

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[swordedpast]

--I'm called Archer.

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[doesnotgetit]

[... Oh. Uh. Welp.]

... You're a Servant?

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[swordedpast]

...you're a Master?

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[doesnotgetit]

Uh... yeah. I am.

[She raises her left hand, showing off the Command Spells on the back of it - two parts still bright red, one gray and faded.]

But my War is over. You don't have to worry, I promise.

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[swordedpast]

...I see.

You're too helpless to attack without good reason, anyway. It'd be embarrassing.

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[doesnotgetit]

... I'm not completely helpless. Or at least... I don't want to be. That might change.

[Assuming she can make sure the Sabers don't try to kill each other when her training starts...]

But that still won't change the fact that I don't want to fight.

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[swordedpast]

...well, not wanting to be helpless is a good start.

Can you follow through on it, Hakuno Kishinami?

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[doesnotgetit]

... Of course. Why wouldn't I want to follow through on that?

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[swordedpast]

[A chuckle. He's back to being condescending.]

We don't always get what we want.

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[doesnotgetit]

[So he's trying to say something bad might happen?]

That's true... [There's a hint of... somberness, maybe, in her voice. She wanted so badly to live, to escape all that fighting and sadness... but she couldn't. Not originally, at least. This place changed all of that.]

But even if it is true, I'm still going to try.

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[swordedpast]

Stubborn girl. You're hopeless.

Well, I guess that's a contradiction in terms. It's the hope that makes you so stubborn, right?

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[doesnotgetit]

Mmhmm, that's exactly it.