... I wouldn't be able to face Shinji if I took that kind of bet.
[It's quiet, tone barely changing, but the rebuke is there. He's looking back at Byakuya now, steady gaze without anger but refusing to let the matter pass. Kariya doesn't care whatever thorny retorts Byakuya wants to lob his way, but just as with Kirei, there are certain lines that are better not crossed.
He wants them all to live. He's quietly let go of a great deal -- perhaps it's a Matou thing -- crushed childish hopes back into the depths of his heart; but that just means Kariya will fight for what he's got left to the bitter end. It doesn't matter if he's got allies in the battle. Very little actually matters, because...
Don't be an idiot, he wants to say, the Grail isn't a joke. If we've survived the Grail War like the insects we are, you don't get to throw that away.
He can't, because it's not something that should concern those who weren't there. It's a problem entirely of the world of magi, and he won't share it, especially here.]
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[It's quiet, tone barely changing, but the rebuke is there. He's looking back at Byakuya now, steady gaze without anger but refusing to let the matter pass. Kariya doesn't care whatever thorny retorts Byakuya wants to lob his way, but just as with Kirei, there are certain lines that are better not crossed.
He wants them all to live. He's quietly let go of a great deal -- perhaps it's a Matou thing -- crushed childish hopes back into the depths of his heart; but that just means Kariya will fight for what he's got left to the bitter end. It doesn't matter if he's got allies in the battle. Very little actually matters, because...
Don't be an idiot, he wants to say, the Grail isn't a joke. If we've survived the Grail War like the insects we are, you don't get to throw that away.
He can't, because it's not something that should concern those who weren't there. It's a problem entirely of the world of magi, and he won't share it, especially here.]