shiftingwinds | [7rings] catchall for douman

...

[she reaches for their hand]

...I'll definitely remember you for the rest of my life. And it should be a long one!

[They take her hand to kiss the back of it.]

...Aha. What a blessing, to live forever in the memory of a god when I myself am not made to live long.

...if there was some way to make you live longer, would you want it...?

[

is that what they're here for, she wonders...]

...I'm not sure. In my life, I mastered the arts of pseudo-immortality. I could use new bodies, one after the others so when one died, I could simply move onto the next.

But to live forever in just one body? Even if I wanted to, one would need a good amount of mana to keep a Servant like me around. I couldn't ask that of anyone or my Master.

...but if someone offered it? If the amount of mana wasn't a problem, and there wasn't any need for you to ask...?

["even if," they'd said, but - that isn't really a yes or a no.]

What is it that you want?

That's a tall task, I think. But about what would I want...

[They close their eyes, for the moment.]

I don't want to fade away with nothing but failures left behind me.

...

[we never said they stopped holding hands, so she squeezes their hand.]

For what it's worth... I think you can do it. Of course I'd prefer that you not fade away, but... I have a hard time imagining looking back on our time together and only seeing failures.

[ignoring.. the trials..]

Well, its not like I'm trying to "succeed" at something by being together with you, you know?

[And a wink.]

Though maybe I'm succeeding in charming you?

[she uses her free hand to pull out her fan and cover her face

which is stupid because they're in the planetarium so they probably can't see her cheeks anyway.]

Ahaha, maybe! Do you think you are?

I think I am, if you keep returning to be in the presence of this faithful follower of Buddha.

[Another kiss to the hand.]

Though perhaps I'm merely displacing my feelings onto you, huhuhu....