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(Very slight nod, lifting her and laying her atop his back.)
<...Are you going to be alright, my dear?>
(Unlike previous Breens, Caster does not sound mocking or condescending when he says "my dear".)
(Faint gasping.)
...Why—...? Hhh... You... Y-you can... kill... me...
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019They kill everything in their sight. Vampire, magi, innocent... It doesn't matter.
In his life, Archer had one single ideal to cling to. No, not even that - it was just the hope that, despite everything, he could save everyone.
He made a contract with Alaya to become a Counter Guardian after death, in order to save just a few more people, just a few more that would have been beyond his reach if he hadn't.
This is his reward for that. To fight endlessly, to kill the people in his sight in order to save the ones outside of it. It's where his path lead him, where his ideal lead him.
It left him alone there, all alone on that hill of swords.
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOII think that you know why I'm telling you this.
But if not...
-breathes in, shutting her eyes-
He came from a different world than you or I. A world like mine and like yours - but different in one aspect.
-opens her eyes, looking directly at Miyu-
Miyu... his name was Shirou Emiya.
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI

(Very faint, very weak pulse.)
(His face twitches a tiny bit, and he very weakly lifts his head.)
...? ...M-Mother...?
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019