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[swordboning]

You did. Probably because I was holding you but you did.

[codere]

Geez, that's embarrassing still... [ Rubbing her face and getting more water all over her head. This is how she gets a cold again, isn't it. ]

Are you relaxing? It isn't fair to make me be the only one trying to do that.

[swordboning]

That's an odd statement considering that I'm always relaxed.

[Could an unrelaxed guy be so nonchalantly critical of others as well as Archer is?]

[codere]

[ Probably. ] You really are?

How do you do it?

[swordboning]

When you get as old as I am, you stop caring about a lot of things. Probably the only things that would cause me problems is you being in danger and Shirou trying something idiotic.

[codere]

[ Both of which happens every day she might have pointed out if he didn't raise another interesting thing. ]

Ooh! Ooh!

How old are you, Archer?

[swordboning]

I've lived an eternity outside of the normal timeline. There's no way I could answer that question. At best, I could tell you that I died in my late twenties.

[codere]

That's not fair. You know my age.

[ He does not mostly because she doesn't recall it. ] So you have to give me an estimate.

[swordboning]

I know only a good guess at your age. And you have a good guess as to what mine is. I'm eternally old and physically in my late twenties.

[codere]

Aren't you the least bit concerned over whether or not I'm of legal age to own a gun?

[ Miss bartender and all. ]

[swordboning]

If you couldn't exhibit the proper skill level, yes. Since you can, I'm not worried at all. I'm not exactly a law abiding citizen.

[codere]

So just because I know how to be responsible with a gun, you're assuming I'm of the proper age to wield it?

... good logic. [ She won't be calling him an idiot anytime soon. ]

[swordboning]

That's not what I said.

[Ruining Rin's good feelings.]

I said it doesn't matter what age you are if you know how to use it.

[codere]

[ ... ] Archer..?

[ This is one of those times where she shouldn't pry, but here she was. ]

Would you have killed me if I raised a gun to you out of this world?

[swordboning]

Such a crude instrument would have had no way of harming me. No, I wouldn't have killed you unless it was part of my orders.

Even assuming that I didn't know you, you look enough like the Rin I know that I don't think I would have been able to do anything. Or I would hesitate long enough to allow you escape.

[codere]

What if it had been?

[ Depressing hypothetical situations are go only because she doesn't know how to have a casual conversation in a place like this. ]

I killed a lot of people, but in a way that would have made me an enemy of humanity. You could say I was something like a cult leader.

[swordboning]

[Kind of just pulling Rin into his arms. No worries here, even if they are naked in hot water.]

The fact is that no Counter-Guardians were brought to remove you so that meant you were no enemy. That means you'll never be my enemy.

[codere]

[ Not even phased even if she's wearing a bathing suit underneath it all. He's her boyfriend and he's allowed to comfort her like this. ]

Isn't it strange that such an exception was made for me? [ Maybe it meant she did the right thing after all. ]

[swordboning]

Have you ever considered that you weren't in the wrong?

[Legit question.]

That perhaps the world didn't send you help because it knew you were capable of managing it yourself?

[codere]

That our world thought of me as a hero?

Don't be stupid, Archer. [ Forcing a laugh. ] That's just nonsense.

[swordboning]

Hero never came out of my mouth. You know how I feel about them either way. [Distinct dislike.] I simply said you were in the right.