[ says Irisviel as she holds Rin closer to her. Irisviel is reminded of the people she had comforted in this position - first Kiritsugu. Illya. Maiya. Saber. Hakuno. Maki. Now Rin. Her warmth was all that she could offer them, but it was enough to soothe them. ]
My dying thoughts were of my husband and my daughter. I think my daughter would be about your age now.
[ What was left unsaid was that she had an idea of Rin's rage and anger. Illya would have been in the exact same position - she lost her mother and father to the Fourth Grail War. Not to mention to Kotomine Kirei at that. But she was a magus and would have been brought up as one, in that terribly lonely existence. ]
Ms Tohsaka - no, Rin. If I cannot assuage you, then I couldn't bear to face Illya if she ever were to come back to me.
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[ says Irisviel as she holds Rin closer to her. Irisviel is reminded of the people she had comforted in this position - first Kiritsugu. Illya. Maiya. Saber. Hakuno. Maki. Now Rin. Her warmth was all that she could offer them, but it was enough to soothe them. ]
My dying thoughts were of my husband and my daughter. I think my daughter would be about your age now.
[ What was left unsaid was that she had an idea of Rin's rage and anger. Illya would have been in the exact same position - she lost her mother and father to the Fourth Grail War. Not to mention to Kotomine Kirei at that. But she was a magus and would have been brought up as one, in that terribly lonely existence. ]
Ms Tohsaka - no, Rin. If I cannot assuage you, then I couldn't bear to face Illya if she ever were to come back to me.
[ A tear rolls down her face, despite herself. ]