QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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[robopriest]

[GAPING AT HIM]

Don't even say such a thing, are you MAD?!

[antaressnipe]

I can barely remember anything, Hansa. My name, my past... I have a week to my name, and will likely forget that as well.

[Steeling himself for this, expression quiet]

I have not splintered, but I worry all the same. And I would rather I die than other members of my team, if possible.

[robopriest]

So what? We regain memories with some of these weeks. It doesn't mean you'll lose everything, you can't say that...

[It hurts.]

Besides, there's no guarantee that we will succeed. I mean, I want us to, but what if we don't and you just...

[Stay "removed".]

[antaressnipe]

[... Breathing quietly]

Then I will only hope you all keep the gifts I offered to you, and remember me by them.

[robopriest]

...

Ha. Saying that in a place where our memories are lost like fluid going through a sieve.

[He shakes his head.]

I don't want to risk...forgetting about you. I mean, if you go through this, and it doesn't work, what then?

[antaressnipe]

Then I will have failed.

[His chest hurts seeing Hansa's distress, and after an uncertain pause, he'll reach out a hand to him]

I cannot promise victory should I die in another's place -- only to improve our odds for the happy ending we all want.

[...]

And I am a Heroic Servant, Hansa. I cannot erase that part of me, even if I don't remember anything.

[robopriest]

Heroic Servants are ephemeral. They just appear for their Holy Grail War, and then...

[He lets out a mirthless huff of a laugh, but he takes the other's hand, gladly.]

But you aren't. Not to me. I want you to live as long as you can. In the end...I can't stop you. You're that kind of person. I just hope I can do something that can...guarantee our successes.

[antaressnipe]

... Just stay with me -- all of you -- for this upcoming week. We have until Friday, do we not?

[They are alive here, together, and that in itself is a gift. And maybe that is why Chiron cannot feel depressed or ashamed of this choice he might be forced to make.]

Perhaps it will not guarantee any success, but it would make me happy all the same.

[robopriest]

[...]

[He smiles a little. Its definitely sad, but...]

Yeah, of course we will. I'm sure...we'd be more than happy to.

[Still holding Chiron's hand, he walks over to bend down to kiss him on the forehead.]

Its what you deserve.