[Saber's just behind him. She's struggling, he can hear her, but even if this world had taken her true strength along with his own, she remains a Servant. She remains King Arthur, the proud knight, who did everything within her power to preserve and protect her kingdom. She won't go down to some measly fish, and that's exactly why Gilgamesh trusts her to handle herself without intervention.
Right now, someone else needed him more. He'd read that Kings were more naturally prone to drawing enemy aggression, but never had he believed it before today. Gilgamesh rushes to Adra's aid, yet halts short when he sees the watery sphere. He senses what Adra cannot say, but hesitates, because he also senses this will bring harm to him, somehow. Maybe it's the way the creature seems to sneer at him, daring him to strike.
But as he trusted Saber, Adra trusts him. He seems ready to bear whatever punishment may follow; so be it. Gilgamesh honors his bravery with a brief nod, and then...]
Die.
[And then he seizes opportunity and slices the vulnerable serpent, bow to stern. It falls to pieces, uselessly. Its brother has since collapsed at Saber's feet, motionless and spilling its enchanted water and scales everywhere. But Gilgamesh refuses to look at Adra, refuses to acknowledge him at all, outside a grimace.
He refuses to look because, as soon as he killed that serpent, Adra will feel the same pain visited upon him several times over.]
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Right now, someone else needed him more. He'd read that Kings were more naturally prone to drawing enemy aggression, but never had he believed it before today. Gilgamesh rushes to Adra's aid, yet halts short when he sees the watery sphere. He senses what Adra cannot say, but hesitates, because he also senses this will bring harm to him, somehow. Maybe it's the way the creature seems to sneer at him, daring him to strike.
But as he trusted Saber, Adra trusts him. He seems ready to bear whatever punishment may follow; so be it. Gilgamesh honors his bravery with a brief nod, and then...]
Die.
[And then he seizes opportunity and slices the vulnerable serpent, bow to stern. It falls to pieces, uselessly. Its brother has since collapsed at Saber's feet, motionless and spilling its enchanted water and scales everywhere. But Gilgamesh refuses to look at Adra, refuses to acknowledge him at all, outside a grimace.
He refuses to look because, as soon as he killed that serpent, Adra will feel the same pain visited upon him several times over.]