The memory unfolds almost gently in his mind - after all, it's not like he didn't know. He's just kept himself from remembering all this time because...]
...Oh. Oh.
[In another world, when forced to face his own emptiness and the falsity of his dreams, Shirou Emiya would find a new conviction. He'd understand his ideal in all its flawed, hypocritical beauty and choose to stand by it out of his own will.
In this world, he's already lost too much to find that kind of strength. For the final time, the ideal strains - and shatters.]
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["...so I'll take your place."]
I don't-
["Let me take on your dream."
The memory unfolds almost gently in his mind - after all, it's not like he didn't know. He's just kept himself from remembering all this time because...]
...Oh. Oh.
[In another world, when forced to face his own emptiness and the falsity of his dreams, Shirou Emiya would find a new conviction. He'd understand his ideal in all its flawed, hypocritical beauty and choose to stand by it out of his own will.
In this world, he's already lost too much to find that kind of strength. For the final time, the ideal strains - and shatters.]
That's... almost a relief.